| Main Entry: | shoal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sandbar |
Synonyms: |
bank, bar, mass, reef, sandbank, shallow |
| Main Entry: | fill |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to put in and occupy the whole of |
Synonyms: |
block, blow up, brim over, bulge out, charge, choke, clog, close, congest, cram, crowd, distend, fulfill, furnish, glut, gorge, heap, impregnate, inflate, jam-pack, lade, load, meet, overflow, overspread, pack, pack like sardines, permeate, pervade, plug, puff up, pump up, ram, ram in, replenish, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, shoal, stock, stopper, store, stretch, stuff, supply, swell, take up, top, top off |
Antonyms: |
deplete, drain, empty, exhaust, spend, take, use, void |
| Main Entry: | lagoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shallow body of water |
Synonyms: |
bayou, gulf, marsh, pond, pool, shallows, shoal, tidal pond |
| Notes: | a lagoon is a shallow pond near a body of water; a long lagoon near the sea is a haff |
| Main Entry: | reef |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | underwater or partially submerged ledge |
Synonyms: |
atoll, bank, bar, beach, cay, coral reef, ridge, rock, rock barrier, sand bar, shoal, skerry |
| Main Entry: | shallow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not deep |
Synonyms: |
cursory, depthless, empty, flat, hollow, inconsiderable, sand bar, shelf, shoal, slight, superficial, surface, trifling, trivial, unsound |
Antonyms: |
deep |
| Main Entry: | shelf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jutting, flat area or piece |
Synonyms: |
bank, bracket, console, counter, cupboard, ledge, mantelpiece, mantle, rack, reef, ridge, rock, shallow, shoal |
| Main Entry: | superficial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without depth, detail |
Synonyms: |
apparent, casual, cosmetic, cursory, depthless, desultory, empty, evident, exterior, external, flash, flimsy, frivolous, general, glib, half-baked, hasty, hurried, ignorant, inattentive, lightweight, nodding, on the surface, one-dimensional, ostensible, outward, partial, passing, perfunctory, peripheral, quick-fix, seeming, shallow, shoal, silly, sketchy, skin-deep, slapdash, slight, smattery, summary, surface, tip of the iceberg, trivial, uncritical, warped |
Antonyms: |
analytical, careful, deep, detailed, genuine, thorough |
| Main Entry: | surface |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | external |
Synonyms: |
apparent, covering, depthless, exterior, facial, outer, outside, outward, shallow, shoal, superficial, top |
Antonyms: |
central, core, inside, interior, middle |
| Main Entry: | swarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large, moving group |
Synonyms: |
army, bevy, blowout, concourse, covey, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, jam, mass, mob, multitude, myriad, pack, press, push, school, shoal, throng, troop, turnout |
| Main Entry: | sand bar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridge of sand |
Synonyms: |
sandbank, sandbar, shoal, tombolo |