What is another word for shallow?
483 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈalə͡ʊ], [ ʃˈaləʊ], [ ʃ_ˈa_l_əʊ]
Shallow is a word that is commonly used to describe a lack of depth or substance. However, there are several synonyms that can be used to convey a similar meaning. Some of the synonyms for shallow include superficial, slapdash, cursory, perfunctory, and shallow-minded. Superficial refers to something that is concerned only with surface appearances and lacks depth or real meaning. Slapdash is similar in that it suggests something that is done hastily, carelessly, and without attention to detail. Cursory implies a quick glance and a lack of thoroughness, while perfunctory suggests carrying out a task with little effort or interest. Lastly, shallow-minded refers to a lack of intellectual depth or insight.
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.
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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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