| Main Entry: | crater |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cavity |
Synonyms: |
abyss, bowl, caldera, depression, hole, hollow, mouth, opening, pit |
| Main Entry: | cavity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sunken or decayed area |
Synonyms: |
armpit, atrium, basin, bursa, caries, chamber, crater, decay, dent, depression, gap, hole, hollow, pit, pocket, sinus, socket, vacuity, void |
| Main Entry: | chasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gap, abyss |
Synonyms: |
abysm, alienation, arroyo, blank, breach, cavity, cleavage, cleft, clough, clove, crater, crevasse, fissure, flume, gorge, gulch, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, omission, opening, oversight, preterition, ravine, rent, rift, schism, skip, split, void, yawn |
Antonyms: |
closure, junction, juncture |
| Main Entry: | dent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression, scrape, chip |
Synonyms: |
cavity, con-cavity, crater, crenel, cut, dimple, dint, dip, embrasure, furrow, hollow, impression, incision, indentation, nick, notch, pit, scallop, score, scratch, sink, trough |
Antonyms: |
bulge |
| Main Entry: | depression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concavity, cavity |
Synonyms: |
basin, bowl, crater, dent, dimple, dip, excavation, hole, hollow, impression, indentation, pit, pocket, sag, scoop, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, vacuity, vacuum, valley, void |
Antonyms: |
bulge, convexity, protuberance |
| Main Entry: | hole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening in a solid object |
Synonyms: |
aperture, breach, break, burrow, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, chasm, chink, cistern, cleft, covert, crack, cranny, crater, cut, den, dent, depression, dimple, dip, excavation, eyelet, fissure, foramen, fracture, gap, gash, gorge, hollow, hovel, keyhole, lacuna, lair, leak, mouth, nest, niche, nick, notch, orifice, outlet, passage, peephole, perforation, pit, pocket, pockmark, puncture, rent, retreat, scoop, shaft, shelter, space, split, tear, tunnel, vacuity, vent, void, window |
| Notes: | a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided |
Antonyms: |
closure, solid |
| Main Entry: | hollow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty or dented area |
Synonyms: |
basin, bottom, bowl, cave, cavern, cavity, chamber, channel, cleft, concavity, crater, cup, dale, den, depression, dimple, dip, dish, excavation, groove, gulf, hole, indentation, notch, pit, pocket, sag, scoop, sinkage, sinkhole, socket, trough, vacuity, valley, void |
Antonyms: |
solid |
| Main Entry: | pit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole, cavity |
Synonyms: |
abyss, chasm, crater, dent, depression, dimple, excavation, grave, gulf, hell, hollow, indentation, mine, perforation, pockmark, pothole, puncture, shaft, tomb, trench, well |
Antonyms: |
mountain |
| Main Entry: | pockmark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pitlike scar |
Synonyms: |
blemish, cavity, crater, dent, dimple, pimple, welt, zit |
| Main Entry: | pothole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chuckhole |
Synonyms: |
cavity, crater, depression, dip, fracture, gap, hole, pit, pocket, rut, split |