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- pronunciation:
- shae
lo
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
shallower, shallowest |
| definition 1: |
When something is shallow, it is not deep. If water in a clear pond is shallow, you can see the bottom of the pond easily. If the water is deep, you can't see the bottom. If a swimming pool is shallow, it is not deep. Even little children can play in it.
The water in the creek was too shallow to swim in, but we could put our feet in and get cool.This bowl is too shallow for these flowers. We need a deeper one.- antonyms:
- deep
- similar words:
- thin
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| definition 2: |
When someone is shallow, it means that they don't think deeply about things. They don't look under the surface. A shallow person might think only about things that are easy or fun to think about, and they might not try to understand what other people are really like deep down.
I think my cousin is shallow because he only cares about how people look.- similar words:
- artificial, empty, light, slight, trivial
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| related words: |
low |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A shallows is a place in a body of water where the water is not deep.
Ken swam in the deeper part of the lake while his little sister played in the shallows near the shore.- antonyms:
- deep
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| derivations: |
shallowly (adv.), shallowness (n.) |
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