What is another word for shallow?
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈalə͡ʊ], [ ʃˈaləʊ], [ ʃ_ˈa_l_əʊ]
Synonyms for Shallow:
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adj.
• dull • facile- fast talk ,
- flipper ,
- untroublesome ,
- accomplished ,
- adept ,
- adroit ,
- apparent ,
- articulate ,
- breeze ,
- child's play ,
- deft ,
- dexterous ,
- easy as pie ,
- effortless ,
- fluent ,
- glib ,
- hasty ,
- light ,
- obvious ,
- picnic ,
- practiced ,
- proficient ,
- pushover ,
- ready ,
- skillful ,
- smooth ,
- uncomplicated ,
- voluble .
- Unconversant ,
- apprenticed ,
- birdbrained ,
- blind to ,
- cretinous ,
- nescient ,
- uninstructed ,
- unknowledgeable ,
- unlettered ,
- unscholarly ,
- benighted ,
- illiterate ,
- in the dark ,
- inexperienced ,
- innocent ,
- insensible ,
- misinformed ,
- naive ,
- oblivious ,
- unconscious ,
- uncultivated ,
- uncultured ,
- uneducated ,
- unenlightened ,
- uninformed ,
- uninitiated ,
- unlearned ,
- unmindful ,
- unread ,
- unschooled ,
- unsuspecting ,
- untaught ,
- untrained .
- bottommost ,
- ground level ,
- ground-level ,
- low-lying ,
- low-set ,
- lowset ,
- not high ,
- rock-bottom ,
- unelevated ,
- junior ,
- low-hanging ,
- lower ,
- rock bottom ,
- squatty .
- inward-looking ,
- small town ,
- inward looking ,
- inwardlooking ,
- more inward looking ,
- more inward-looking ,
- more inwardlooking ,
- most inward looking ,
- most inward-looking ,
- most inwardlooking ,
- small minded ,
- smallminded ,
- smalltown .
- epidermal ,
- empty ,
- empty-headed ,
- farcical ,
- featherbrained ,
- flat ,
- flighty ,
- hollow ,
- inane ,
- lightweight ,
- meaningless ,
- paltry ,
- puerile ,
- sand bar ,
- shoal ,
- slight ,
- trifling ,
- unsound ,
- vain ,
- wishy-washy .
- Counterfeited ,
- Imitated ,
- apish ,
- artificial ,
- assumed ,
- awkward ,
- conceited ,
- contrived ,
- counterfeit ,
- faked ,
- false ,
- feigned ,
- gone hollywood ,
- ham ,
- high falutin' ,
- insincere ,
- melodramatic ,
- ostentatious ,
- overdone ,
- pedantic ,
- phony ,
- playacting ,
- pompous ,
- precious ,
- pretended ,
- pretentious ,
- put-on ,
- schmaltzy ,
- self-conscious ,
- shallow ,
- simulated ,
- spurious ,
- stiff ,
- stilted ,
- studied ,
- theatrical ,
- unnatural .
- bombastic ,
- inflated ,
- oratorical ,
- overblown ,
- prolix ,
- swollen ,
- tumescent ,
- tumid ,
- turgid ,
- windy ,
- wordy .
- decrepit ,
- defective ,
- delicate ,
- diaphanous ,
- feeble ,
- fragile ,
- frail ,
- gauzy ,
- gossamer ,
- inadequate ,
- infirm ,
- insubstantial ,
- meager ,
- rickety ,
- shaky ,
- sheer ,
- sleazy ,
- tacky ,
- transparent ,
- unsubstantial ,
- wobbly .
- barmy ,
- childish ,
- facetious ,
- flip ,
- flippant ,
- gay ,
- harebrained ,
- idiotic ,
- impractical ,
- juvenile ,
- light-minded ,
- minor ,
- niggling ,
- nonserious ,
- peripheral ,
- playful ,
- pointless ,
- senseless ,
- sportive ,
- tongue-in-cheek ,
- unimportant ,
- unprofound ,
- volatile ,
- whimsical .
- in consequent ,
- in essential ,
- in-consequent ,
- in-essential ,
- more nickel and dime ,
- more nickel-and-dime ,
- more peanut ,
- more penny ante ,
- more penny-ante ,
- more pennyante ,
- more pettifogging ,
- more shoestring ,
- most nickel and dime ,
- most nickel-and-dime ,
- most peanut ,
- most penny ante ,
- most penny-ante ,
- most pennyante ,
- most pettifogging ,
- most shoestring ,
- narrow minded ,
- narrowminded ,
- nickel and dime ,
- pennyante ,
- piddling ,
- scratchest ,
- sub ordinate ,
- sub-ordinate ,
- two bit ,
- twobit .
- flasher ,
- flashest ,
- in-attentive ,
- more quick fix ,
- more quick-fix ,
- more quickfix ,
- more smattery ,
- more warped ,
- most quick fix ,
- most quick-fix ,
- most quickfix ,
- most smattery ,
- most warped ,
- nodding ,
- quick-fix ,
- quickfix ,
- shoalest ,
- tip iceberg ,
- tip of iceberg ,
- tip the iceberg .
- in conceivable ,
- in credible ,
- in-conceivable ,
- in-credible ,
- more stretched ,
- more unpersuasive ,
- more weak kneed ,
- more weak-kneed ,
- more weakkneed ,
- most diluted ,
- most stretched ,
- most unpersuasive ,
- most weak-kneed ,
- most weakkneed ,
- un believable ,
- un convincing ,
- un persuasive ,
- un tenable ,
- un-believable ,
- un-convincing ,
- un-persuasive ,
- un-tenable ,
- weak kneed ,
- weakkneed .
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n.
• ankle-deep • fordable • knee-deep • reefy • shallow • shelf • shoal Other synonyms:
- blindly ,
- blithe ,
- blithely ,
- bumbling ,
- disconnected ,
- ford ,
- ill-considered ,
- ill-judged ,
- impolitic ,
- improvident ,
- incautious ,
- indiscreet ,
- indiscriminate ,
- injudicious ,
- jejune ,
- knee jerk ,
- merrily ,
- mindless ,
- myopic ,
- one-dimensional ,
- reckless ,
- rudderless ,
- shelf ,
- short-sighted ,
- unconsidered ,
- undiscriminating ,
- unthinking ,
- unwary ,
- vacuous .
- breezy ,
- clumsy ,
- foolish ,
- impetuous ,
- impulsive ,
- irresponsible ,
- learned ,
- precipitous ,
- rash ,
- thin ,
- trenchant ,
- uncritical ,
- unguarded ,
- unwitting ,
- vulgar .
- automatically ,
- dull ,
- sketchy .
Other relevant words:
- idle .
- Depthless ,
- affected ,
- airheaded ,
- campier ,
- campiest ,
- campy ,
- chiffon ,
- cursory ,
- cut rate ,
- cut-rate ,
- emptyheaded ,
- facial ,
- facile ,
- flatulent ,
- flimsy ,
- frivolous ,
- half-assed ,
- hammy ,
- high falutin ,
- house of cards ,
- ignorant ,
- in firm ,
- la-di-da ,
- lamebrained ,
- light-headed ,
- lightheaded ,
- low ,
- nickel-and-dime ,
- no big deal ,
- not serious ,
- on the surface ,
- papery ,
- passing ,
- penny ante ,
- penny-ante ,
- petty ,
- rinkydink ,
- scratcher ,
- shoaler ,
- shoestring ,
- skin-deep ,
- smattery ,
- superficial ,
- surface ,
- tip of the iceberg ,
- tongue in cheek ,
- unpersuasive ,
- unreasoning ,
- weak .
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How to use "Shallow" in context?
There are many different definitions of "shallow," but all of them imply a lack of depth or understanding. A shallow person is not aware of the feelings and thoughts of others, and is not interested in learning. They are single-minded and focused on themselves. Shallow people are often judgmental and Pharisaical. They want to control everything and everybody.
Paraphrases for Shallow:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
superficial.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
shallow-water.
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Adjective
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Independent
Hyponym for Shallow:
n.
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object
water, body of water.
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object
v.
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