Hole Synonyms and Antonyms

hōl
An open space allowing passage
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. aperture
  2. mouth
  3. opening
  4. orifice
  5. outlet
  6. vent
A place used as an animal's dwelling
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. burrow
  2. den
  3. lair
An ugly, squalid dwelling
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hovel
  2. hut
  3. shack
  4. shanty
A cavity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fix
  2. jam
  3. corner
  4. aperture
  5. crater
  6. cranny
  7. depression
  8. foramen
  9. abyss
  10. difficulty
  11. manhole
  12. chasm
  13. shaft
  14. orifice
  15. concavity
  16. chamber
  17. opening
  18. burrow
  19. pit
  20. lacuna
  21. alveolus
  22. hollow
  23. pocket
  24. mine
  25. void
  26. vacuum
  27. predicament
  28. niche
  29. vent
  30. mess
  31. pickle
  32. mouth
  33. gorge
  34. throat
  35. gullet
  36. box
  37. dent
  38. deep water
  39. indentation
  40. impression
  41. shell-hole
  42. pockmark
  43. swimming-hole
  44. dilemma
  45. dimple
  46. dip
  47. dutch
  48. brig
  49. bung
  50. cache
  51. drop
  52. cave
  53. cavern
  54. gulf
  55. cavity
  56. depth
  57. hot spot
  58. cove
  59. cover
  60. hot water
  61. basin
  62. crevice
  63. deep
  64. defect
  65. delve
  66. crevasse
  67. den
  68. trap
  69. trench
  70. plight
  71. foxhole
  72. dump
  73. dungeon
  74. excavation
  75. eyelet
  76. fault
  77. fissure
  78. fistula
  79. defile
  80. flaw
  81. quagmire
  82. slit
  83. inlet
  84. scoop
  85. gap
  86. grotto
  87. valley
  88. ravine
  89. holt
  90. scrape
  91. hovel
  92. rift
  93. interstice
  94. jail
  95. fossa
  96. soup
  97. cakehole
  98. cell
  99. lair
  100. cistern
  101. leak
  102. loophole
  103. trouble
  104. meatus
  105. spider-hole
  106. mortise
  107. bind
  108. muse
  109. muset
  110. nook
  111. os
  112. osculum
  113. passage
  114. spot
  115. perforation
  116. maw
  117. pothole
  118. prison
  119. puncture
  120. recess
  121. rent
  122. retreat
  123. scupper
  124. muddle
  125. scuttle
  126. slot
  127. spiracle
  128. trepan
  129. trephine
  130. tunnel
  131. yap
  132. gob
  133. kettle-of-fish
To make a hole or other opening in
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. perforate
  2. pierce
  3. breach
  4. break
  5. broach
  6. dig
  7. gap
  8. excavate
  9. hole-out
  10. hollow
  11. puncture
  12. ream
  13. riddle
  14. tunnel
*Serious difficulty
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. impasse
  2. tangle
  3. mess
In golf, a depression made for the ball
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. drop
  2. cup
  3. pocket
  4. first to 18th hole
  5. pot
  6. mocking cup*.

Words Related to Hole

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Hole Sentence Examples

  • He comes in through a hole in the floor.

  • The opening to the cave was only a narrow hole between two rocks.

  • This is the last water hole for a long time.

  • He motioned toward a hole in the wall, and he and Jade and Ileana trailed her out of the destroyed building.

  • One step in a hole and she could lie out here mortally wounded with no one to know.

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