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shallow

/ˈʃæloʊ/noun, verb, adjective2 syllables

Shallow means: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center.

Synonyms for shallow13

noun, as in a stretch of shallow water

shoal

verb, as in make shallow

shoal

verb, as in become shallow

shoal

adjective, as in lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center

ankle-deep, knee-deep, fordable, neritic, superficial, reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly

adjective, as in not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply

light, wakeful

adjective, as in lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious

superficial

also used for shallow

skin-deep

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of shallow

deep

What does shallow mean?6

adjective

1

lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center“shallow water”

2

not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply“shallow breathing”

3

lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious“shallow people”

noun

1

a stretch of shallow water

verb

1

make shallow“The silt shallowed the canal”

2

become shallow“the lake shallowed over time”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with shallow?1

two syllables

aloe
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Shallow in a sentence

  • Don't dive into shallow water, it can hurt you.Amastan
  • Don't date him, he's a shallow person who only cares about clothes.Nuel
  • I am like those little streams, which are transparent because they are shallow.carlosalberto
  • Between you and me, he's a shallow thinker.unknown
  • Between you and me, he has a shallow way of thinking.FeuDRenais2
  • The river was shallow, so we were able to wade across it.CK
  • Don't dive headfirst into the lake, it's shallow in some areas.Amastan
  • The curriculum of this school is wide and shallow.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of shallow

as a noun

plural
shallows

as a verb

past tense
shallowed
present participle
shallowing
third-person singular
shallows
past participle
shallowed

as a adjective

comparative
shallower
superlative
shallowest