What is another word for hole?
1453 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ hˈə͡ʊl], [ hˈəʊl], [ h_ˈəʊ_l]
Holes are an opening or gap in a surface or object that can vary in shape or size. There are a variety of synonyms for the word "hole" that can be used to describe different types of openings. These synonyms include aperture, orifice, gap, cavity, void, tunnel, bore, puncture, slot and crevice. Each of these words can describe different types of holes, such as a narrow tunnel, a large cavity, a small puncture or a shallow crevice. Using different synonyms can help to add variety and specificity to your writing when describing holes and their characteristics.
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Similar words for hole:
- abode (noun)
- aperture (noun)
- asylum (noun)
- basin (noun)
- blank (noun)
- blemish (noun)
- break (noun)
- cavern (noun)
- cavity (noun)
- cell (noun)
- chasm (noun)
- corner (noun)
- cove (noun)
- crack (noun)
- cranny (noun)
- crater (noun)
- deadlock (noun)
- defect (noun)
- den (noun)
- dilemma (noun)
- dip (noun)
- dive (noun)
- dump (noun)
- emergency (noun)
- excavation (noun)
- exit (noun)
- gap (noun)
- habitat/habitation (noun)
- hole (noun)
- hot spot (noun)
- hovel (noun)
- interspace (noun)
- irregularity (noun)
- jaggedness (noun)
- lair (noun)
- leak (noun)
- nook (noun)
- opening (noun)
- pickle (noun)
- pit (noun)
- place (noun)
- plight (noun)
- pock (noun)
- predicament (noun)
- recess (noun)
- refuge (noun)
- rent (noun)
- residence (noun)
- sanctuary (noun)
- scrape (noun)
- shaft (noun)
- snag (noun)
- social place (noun)
- spot (noun)
- standstill (noun)
- strait (noun)
- tunnel (noun)
- unevenness (noun)
- well (noun)
- disrupt (verb)
- open (verb)
- perforate (verb)
- snag (verb)
Synonyms for Hole:
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n.
• abode- address ,
- apartment ,
- base ,
- crash pad ,
- digs ,
- domicile ,
- dwelling ,
- flop ,
- haunt ,
- headquarters ,
- hearth ,
- home ,
- house ,
- lodging ,
- pad ,
- quarters ,
- seat .
- bay ,
- ewer ,
- lagoon ,
- pool ,
- sag ,
- sinkage ,
- tub ,
- vessel ,
- washbasin ,
- washbasins ,
- washbowl ,
- washbowls ,
- watershed ,
- watersheds .
- abrasion ,
- blemish ,
- blister ,
- blot ,
- blotch ,
- brand ,
- check ,
- chip ,
- damage ,
- defacement ,
- deformity ,
- discoloration ,
- disfigurement ,
- distortion ,
- dot ,
- drawback ,
- eyesore ,
- fault ,
- fleck ,
- fracture ,
- freckle ,
- gash ,
- hack ,
- hurt ,
- imperfection ,
- impurity ,
- kink ,
- lesion ,
- mar ,
- mark ,
- nick ,
- notch ,
- pockmark ,
- scab ,
- score ,
- scratch ,
- scuff ,
- sore ,
- splotch ,
- spoilage ,
- spot ,
- stain ,
- stigma ,
- tarnish ,
- wart ,
- weal .
- dis tress ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tresses ,
- hide outs ,
- in dentation ,
- in dentations ,
- in-dentation ,
- in-dentations ,
- tight spots .
- dis coloration ,
- dis colorations ,
- dis-coloration ,
- dis-colorations ,
- in juries ,
- in jury ,
- in-jury ,
- marrings ,
- mis take ,
- mis takes ,
- mis-take ,
- mis-takes ,
- rough spots ,
- un soundness ,
- un soundnesses ,
- un-soundness ,
- un-soundnesses .
- de scent ,
- de scents ,
- de-scent ,
- de-scents ,
- downtrends ,
- fall offs ,
- fall-offs ,
- falloffs ,
- in cline ,
- in clines ,
- in-cline ,
- in-clines .
- dis interring ,
- dis-interring ,
- disinterrings ,
- exhumings ,
- scoopings ,
- shovelings ,
- un earthing ,
- un-earthing ,
- unearthings .
- gaps .
- bio sphere ,
- bio spheres ,
- bio-sphere ,
- bio-spheres ,
- biospheres ,
- commorancies ,
- neck the woods ,
- neck woods ,
- sur roundings ,
- sur-roundings .
- door ,
- embouchure ,
- entrance ,
- eye of a needle ,
- gate ,
- hatch ,
- inlet ,
- pore ,
- portal ,
- yawning .
- hang up ,
- hangup ,
- large order ,
- predicaments ,
- rough go ,
- soups ,
- tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble .
- homeplates ,
- in habitancies ,
- in habitancy ,
- in habitation ,
- in habitations ,
- in-habitancies ,
- in-habitancy ,
- in-habitation ,
- in-habitations ,
- inhabitancies ,
- inhabitations ,
- living quarter .
- dis advantage ,
- dis advantages ,
- dis-advantage ,
- dis-advantages ,
- in conveniences ,
- in-convenience ,
- in-conveniences ,
- the rubs .
-
v.
• disrupt- brake in to ,
- brake into ,
- break in to ,
- breaking in to ,
- breaks in to ,
- breaks into ,
- broke in to ,
- broke into ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settling ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- busted in ,
- busting in ,
- busts in ,
- came apart ,
- comes apart ,
- dis close ,
- dis closed ,
- dis closes ,
- dis closing ,
- dis play ,
- dis played ,
- dis playing ,
- dis plays ,
- dis-close ,
- dis-closed ,
- dis-closes ,
- dis-closing ,
- dis-play ,
- dis-played ,
- dis-playing ,
- dis-plays ,
- gapping ,
- kicked in ,
- kicking in ,
- kicks in ,
- re lease ,
- re leases ,
- re veals ,
- re-lease ,
- re-leased ,
- re-leases ,
- re-veal ,
- re-veals ,
- threw wide ,
- throwing wide ,
- throws wide ,
- un bar ,
- un barred ,
- un barring ,
- un bars ,
- un block ,
- un blocked ,
- un blocking ,
- un blocks ,
- un bolt ,
- un bolted ,
- un bolting ,
- un bolts ,
- un clad ,
- un close ,
- un closed ,
- un closes ,
- un closing ,
- un clothe ,
- un clothed ,
- un clothes ,
- un clothing ,
- un cork ,
- un corked ,
- un corking ,
- un corks ,
- un cover ,
- un covered ,
- un covering ,
- un covers ,
- un did ,
- un does ,
- un doing ,
- un done ,
- un fasten ,
- un fastened ,
- un fastening ,
- un fastens ,
- un fold ,
- un folded ,
- un folding ,
- un folds ,
- un furled ,
- un furling ,
- un latch ,
- un latched ,
- un latches ,
- un latching ,
- un lock ,
- un locked ,
- un locking ,
- un locks ,
- un roll ,
- un rolled ,
- un rolling ,
- un rolls ,
- un seal ,
- un sealed ,
- un sealing ,
- un seals ,
- un shut ,
- un shuts ,
- un shutting ,
- un stop ,
- un stopped ,
- un stopping ,
- un stops ,
- un tied ,
- un tying ,
- un wrap ,
- un wrapped ,
- un wrapping ,
- un wraps ,
- un-bar ,
- un-barred ,
- un-barring ,
- un-bars ,
- un-block ,
- un-blocked ,
- un-blocking ,
- un-blocks ,
- un-bolt ,
- un-bolted ,
- un-bolting ,
- un-bolts ,
- un-clad ,
- un-close ,
- un-closed ,
- un-closes ,
- un-closing ,
- un-clothe ,
- un-clothed ,
- un-clothes ,
- un-clothing ,
- un-cork ,
- un-corked ,
- un-corking ,
- un-corks ,
- un-cover ,
- un-covering ,
- un-covers ,
- un-did ,
- un-does ,
- un-doing ,
- un-fasten ,
- un-fastened ,
- un-fastening ,
- un-fastens ,
- un-fold ,
- un-folded ,
- un-folding ,
- un-folds ,
- un-furled ,
- un-furling ,
- un-latch ,
- un-latched ,
- un-latches ,
- un-latching ,
- un-lock ,
- un-locked ,
- un-locking ,
- un-locks ,
- un-roll ,
- un-rolled ,
- un-rolling ,
- un-rolls ,
- un-seal ,
- un-sealed ,
- un-sealing ,
- un-seals ,
- un-shut ,
- un-shuts ,
- un-shutting ,
- un-stop ,
- un-stopped ,
- un-stopping ,
- un-stops ,
- un-tied ,
- un-tying ,
- un-wrap ,
- un-wrapped ,
- un-wrapping ,
- un-wraps ,
- uncloses ,
- unclosing ,
- unshuts ,
- unshutted ,
- unshutting ,
- unstops .
Other synonyms:
- blowout ,
- bomb site ,
- breach ,
- cell ,
- deep water ,
- den ,
- depression ,
- difficulty ,
- dutch ,
- exit ,
- hot spot ,
- missing link ,
- missing person ,
- no-show ,
- outlet ,
- peephole ,
- pigsty ,
- predicament ,
- rat trap ,
- roughness ,
- slot ,
- vacuum .
- absentee ,
- box ,
- break ,
- cleavage ,
- dilemma ,
- dive ,
- excavation ,
- hot water ,
- hovel ,
- hut ,
- leak ,
- loophole ,
- mudbath ,
- pigpen ,
- plight ,
- recess ,
- rupture ,
- shack ,
- shanty ,
- soup ,
- split .
- vent .
- bind .
- tip .
- trouble .
Other relevant words:
• bar
• break
• burrow
- lair .
- sty .
- Breaching ,
- Fracturing ,
- Holing ,
- breached ,
- break into ,
- breaking into ,
- fractured ,
- holed ,
- interfere with ,
- interfered with ,
- interferes with ,
- interfering with ,
- up set .
- dig .
- pock .
- dump .
- dent .
- Abri ,
- Aerosphere ,
- Antre ,
- Architecture intercolumniation ,
- Broaching ,
- Cellule ,
- Clough ,
- Coulee ,
- Couloir ,
- Coverture ,
- Direly ,
- Empierce ,
- Fumarole ,
- Funnel Chest ,
- HIT ,
- Interspace ,
- Kloof ,
- Nidification ,
- Situs ,
- Subterrane ,
- Transpierce ,
- VUG ,
- abode ,
- abominably ,
- abysm ,
- abyss ,
- access ,
- aerie ,
- aerospace ,
- air ,
- air duct ,
- air pocket ,
- air space ,
- airspace ,
- allowance ,
- alveolation ,
- alveolus ,
- ambuscade ,
- ambush ,
- angelical ,
- antrum ,
- appallingly ,
- arbor ,
- area ,
- armpit ,
- arroyo ,
- asylum ,
- atrociously ,
- auger ,
- awfully ,
- badly ,
- bagel feature ,
- bagnio ,
- basement ,
- basin ,
- batch ,
- bearings ,
- bench mark ,
- bite ,
- blank ,
- blind alley ,
- bolt-hole ,
- booth ,
- bordello ,
- bore ,
- bore into ,
- bore through ,
- borehole ,
- bower ,
- bowl ,
- box canyon ,
- brig ,
- broach ,
- brothel ,
- bug ,
- bump ,
- bunker ,
- burrow ,
- cache ,
- caesura ,
- cage ,
- cakehole ,
- canyon ,
- cat ,
- catch ,
- catch-22 ,
- cathouse ,
- ceiling ,
- celestial ,
- cellar ,
- cellarage ,
- chamber ,
- channel tunnel ,
- chap ,
- chaste ,
- chimney ,
- chink ,
- choky ,
- chuckhole ,
- chunnel ,
- cistern ,
- clean ,
- clearance ,
- clearing ,
- cleft ,
- cleuch ,
- clink ,
- clip joint ,
- clutter ,
- coal bin ,
- cogitate ,
- col ,
- compartment ,
- concave ,
- concavity ,
- concealment ,
- condition ,
- consider ,
- contemplate ,
- coop ,
- cordially ,
- core out ,
- corner ,
- couch ,
- countersink ,
- courtyard ,
- cove ,
- cover ,
- covert ,
- crazily ,
- creek ,
- crib ,
- crisis ,
- crosswind ,
- crush ,
- crypt ,
- cubby ,
- cubbyhole ,
- cul de sac ,
- cup ,
- cut ,
- cwm ,
- cyclone cellar ,
- dale ,
- dead end ,
- dead-end street ,
- deadlock ,
- deal ,
- deeply ,
- defection ,
- deficiency ,
- defile ,
- delay ,
- dell ,
- delve ,
- den of iniquity ,
- depth ,
- desperately ,
- devotional ,
- devout ,
- dike ,
- dimple ,
- disclosure ,
- discontinuity ,
- discrepancy ,
- disruption ,
- distance ,
- district ,
- disturb ,
- ditch ,
- divine ,
- division ,
- doghouse ,
- dollhouse ,
- donga ,
- donjon ,
- draw ,
- dreadfully ,
- drill ,
- drill hole ,
- duct ,
- dungeon ,
- earnestly ,
- earth ,
- electronic jamming ,
- embark ,
- emergency ,
- emplacement ,
- empty space ,
- enclosed space ,
- enlist ,
- enormously ,
- enroll ,
- enter ,
- entry ,
- error ,
- ever ,
- excavate ,
- exceedingly ,
- excellently ,
- extraordinarily ,
- extremely ,
- extremity ,
- eye ,
- eyelet ,
- eyrie ,
- eyry ,
- failing ,
- failure ,
- fallacy ,
- fathom ,
- faute ,
- fearfully ,
- fenestra ,
- fiercely ,
- fissure ,
- fistula ,
- fix ,
- fixing ,
- flat ,
- fleshpots ,
- flock ,
- flue ,
- flume ,
- fog ,
- foible ,
- fold ,
- follicle ,
- fontanel ,
- foramen ,
- form ,
- foxhole ,
- frailty ,
- frightfully ,
- front ,
- funk hole ,
- funnel ,
- furrow ,
- gaol ,
- gape ,
- gat ,
- glen ,
- go through ,
- goal ,
- gob ,
- god ,
- golf hole ,
- good deal ,
- gore ,
- gorge ,
- gouge ,
- gouge out ,
- grand slam ,
- gravely ,
- great ,
- great deal ,
- greatly ,
- groove ,
- grossly ,
- grot ,
- gulch ,
- gulf ,
- gully ,
- ha-ha ,
- habitat ,
- halt ,
- hang out ,
- hardly ,
- harmfully ,
- harshly ,
- hatful ,
- haven ,
- hawsepipe ,
- head wind ,
- heap ,
- heartily ,
- heavily ,
- hellhole ,
- hiatus ,
- hide out ,
- hideaway ,
- hideout ,
- hiding ,
- high-pressure area ,
- highly ,
- hive ,
- hold ,
- hole out ,
- hole-in-the-wall ,
- holler ,
- hollow ,
- hollow out ,
- home run ,
- homer ,
- honeycomb ,
- hopelessly ,
- horrendously ,
- horrifically ,
- hugely ,
- ignorant ,
- imbroglio ,
- imbue ,
- immaculate ,
- impale ,
- impasse ,
- impression ,
- inadequacy ,
- inconsistency ,
- indentation ,
- infiltrate ,
- infinitely ,
- infirmity ,
- innocent ,
- intensely ,
- intermission ,
- interpenetrate ,
- interregnum ,
- interruption ,
- interval ,
- ionosphere ,
- irregularity ,
- jack ,
- jackpot ,
- jail ,
- jailhouse ,
- jam ,
- jetstream ,
- joint ,
- jumble ,
- jump ,
- just ,
- keep ,
- kettle of fish ,
- key points ,
- keyhole ,
- laceration ,
- lacuna ,
- lance ,
- latitude and longitude ,
- laying open ,
- leaky ,
- leeway ,
- lieu ,
- locale ,
- localisation ,
- locality ,
- localization ,
- location ,
- lockup ,
- locus ,
- lodge ,
- lot ,
- low-lying ,
- low-pressure area ,
- lull ,
- lying in wait ,
- madly ,
- manger ,
- margin ,
- mariner ,
- mass ,
- maw ,
- meditate ,
- mesh ,
- mess ,
- mess hall ,
- messiness ,
- mew ,
- mickle ,
- mine ,
- mine shaft ,
- mint ,
- mistake ,
- moat ,
- monstrously ,
- mortally ,
- muckle ,
- muddle ,
- muss ,
- mussiness ,
- needle ,
- nest ,
- niche ,
- nidus ,
- nullah ,
- old salt ,
- opening up ,
- oriel ,
- oubliette ,
- overcast ,
- pan ,
- pass ,
- passage ,
- passageway ,
- pause ,
- peck ,
- penal institution ,
- penal settlement ,
- penetrate ,
- perch ,
- perforated ,
- permeate ,
- pesthole ,
- pew ,
- pickle ,
- piercing ,
- pietistic ,
- pile ,
- pinch ,
- pinhole ,
- pink ,
- pinpoint ,
- pinprick ,
- pious ,
- pipe ,
- place ,
- placement ,
- plague spot ,
- playhouse ,
- plunge ,
- point ,
- ponder ,
- poorly ,
- porthole ,
- position ,
- pot ,
- pothole ,
- poverty ,
- prayerful ,
- precinct ,
- premises ,
- press ,
- prick ,
- prison ,
- problem ,
- punch ,
- punch bowl ,
- pure ,
- quandary ,
- quarry ,
- quite a little ,
- raft ,
- rattle ,
- rattrap ,
- ravine ,
- ream ,
- ream out ,
- receptacle ,
- reflect ,
- refuge ,
- region ,
- religious ,
- remedy ,
- rent ,
- repair ,
- reparation ,
- repository ,
- residence ,
- resort ,
- respite ,
- rest ,
- retreat ,
- reverent ,
- riddle ,
- rime ,
- rip ,
- rookery ,
- room ,
- roost ,
- roughly ,
- run ,
- run through ,
- sadly ,
- sanctuary ,
- sanctum sanctorum ,
- sand trap ,
- scandalously ,
- scissure ,
- scoop ,
- sea dog ,
- seafarer ,
- seam ,
- seaman ,
- secret place ,
- see through ,
- separation ,
- seriously ,
- severely ,
- sewer ,
- shambles ,
- shell ,
- shelter ,
- shockingly ,
- shortcoming ,
- sight ,
- sink ,
- sinkhole ,
- sinus ,
- site ,
- situation ,
- skewer ,
- slam ,
- slash ,
- snag ,
- snuggery ,
- soberly ,
- socket ,
- solemn ,
- solemnly ,
- sorely ,
- space ,
- spate ,
- spear ,
- spike ,
- spiracle ,
- spiritual ,
- spit ,
- sporting house ,
- square ,
- stab ,
- stable ,
- stack ,
- stalemate ,
- stall ,
- stand ,
- standstill ,
- stash ,
- state ,
- station ,
- stead ,
- sternly ,
- stew ,
- stews ,
- stick ,
- stick in ,
- stoma ,
- stop ,
- storm cellar ,
- strait ,
- stratosphere ,
- strike ,
- subbasement ,
- substratosphere ,
- subterfuge ,
- subway ,
- sunken ,
- suspension ,
- tail wind ,
- taint ,
- tangle ,
- tap ,
- tar ,
- tear ,
- tenement ,
- terribly ,
- terrifically ,
- tidy sum ,
- tight spot ,
- tight squeeze ,
- tolbooth ,
- touchdown ,
- transfix ,
- trap ,
- trench ,
- trepan ,
- trephine ,
- trial ,
- tropopause ,
- troposphere ,
- tunnel ,
- turbulence ,
- uncorking ,
- underpass ,
- unfortunately ,
- unluckily ,
- unstopping ,
- upright ,
- urgent ,
- urgently ,
- vacancy ,
- valley ,
- vault ,
- very ,
- violently ,
- virtuous ,
- visibility ,
- visibility zero ,
- vision ,
- volcano ,
- vulnerable place ,
- wad ,
- wadi ,
- wait ,
- warren ,
- weak link ,
- weak point ,
- weakness ,
- welter ,
- whereabout ,
- whereabouts ,
- whole ,
- whole lot ,
- whole slew ,
- whorehouse ,
- wildly ,
- window ,
- wine cellar ,
- working ,
- wretchedly ,
- yap ,
- yawn .
- Slotted ,
- Slotting ,
- Unclose ,
- Unclosed ,
- Unlatch ,
- Unlatching ,
- Unshut ,
- Unstop ,
- bust in ,
- come apart ,
- coming apart ,
- fissured ,
- fissuring ,
- gapped ,
- throw wide ,
- unbar ,
- unbarred ,
- unbarring ,
- unbars ,
- unbolt ,
- unbolted ,
- unbolting ,
- unbolts ,
- uncork ,
- uncorked ,
- uncorks ,
- unfurled ,
- unfurls ,
- unlatched ,
- unlatches ,
- unlock ,
- unstopped .
- APSES ,
- Bursae ,
- By-place ,
- CASAS ,
- Casa ,
- Commorancy ,
- Cross-road ,
- Frith ,
- RIMAS ,
- Residencies ,
- Short circuit ,
- Unearthing ,
- Ventilators ,
- WOMBS ,
- XS ,
- ante chamber ,
- antechamber ,
- antechambers ,
- apse ,
- awkward situation ,
- bastille ,
- bastilles ,
- beer garden cabaret ,
- biosphere ,
- blastings ,
- bursa ,
- byplace ,
- caldera ,
- caries ,
- carrel ,
- carrels ,
- cavity ,
- chasm ,
- choke point ,
- cloughs ,
- cloves ,
- co-op ,
- co-ops ,
- condo ,
- condos ,
- crack ,
- crater ,
- crawl space ,
- crawlway ,
- crevasse ,
- cropper ,
- croppers ,
- cross cut ,
- cross-roads ,
- cuttings ,
- dead stop ,
- deep-water ,
- defect ,
- double bind ,
- double trouble ,
- downtrend ,
- embrasure ,
- embrasures ,
- errors ,
- failings ,
- fall-off ,
- falloff ,
- fireside ,
- firesides ,
- firth ,
- firths ,
- flaw ,
- flea trap ,
- gap ,
- head quarters ,
- hide-out ,
- hide-outs ,
- hiding place ,
- hole ,
- hole in the wall ,
- hole up ,
- hole-up ,
- homeplate ,
- homestead ,
- homesteads ,
- honky tonk ,
- honky-tonk ,
- honkytonk ,
- in action ,
- in actions ,
- inhabitancy ,
- inhabitation ,
- knot ,
- leakage ,
- leakages ,
- leakings ,
- living quarters ,
- lowerings ,
- meltdown ,
- meltdowns ,
- mutilation ,
- mutilations ,
- neck of woods ,
- night club ,
- oasis ,
- oriels ,
- out goings ,
- outgoings ,
- pen ,
- penetralia ,
- percolation ,
- pool hall ,
- portholes ,
- preterition ,
- pretermission ,
- residency ,
- rift ,
- rima ,
- rimation ,
- rough spot ,
- scar ,
- scrape ,
- secret places ,
- sectors ,
- shaft ,
- short circuits ,
- slit ,
- sockets ,
- speck ,
- stomping ground ,
- stomping grounds ,
- tatter ,
- tatters ,
- the rub ,
- tight corner ,
- tight situation ,
- tight situations ,
- under pass ,
- underpasses ,
- urgency ,
- ventilator ,
- vicissitude ,
- watering hole ,
- watering holes ,
- well ,
- wherever ,
- womb .
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How to use "Hole" in context?
A hole is a space or opening in a surface. It can be created naturally or by human activity. A hole can also be an opening in a pipe, landfill, submarine, or spacecraft.
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Homophones for Hole:
- whole, hoel, hoelle, hohl, hoell.
Hyponym for Hole:
Word of the Day
do anyhow
- Synonyms:
- Roughhew.
