hole - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for hole , a list of similar words for hole from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

an opening deliberately made in or through something

Synonyms

• hole

More generic

• opening

More specific

• air hole
• armhole
• blowhole
• bunghole
• button hole
• buttonhole
• countersink
• cup
• ear hole
• eye
• eyehole
• eyelet
• finger hole
• hawse
• hawsehole
• hawsepipe
• keyhole
• loophole
• lubber's hole
• manhole
• mortice
• mortise
• mouth hole
• nail hole
• peephole
• perforation
• plughole
• post hole
• posthole
• puncture
• sound hole
• spyhole
• thumbhole
• vent
• vent-hole
• venthole

Noun

one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course

Synonyms

• golf hole
• hole

More generic

• period of play
• play
• playing period

More specific

• dogleg

Related

• golf course
• links course

Noun

informal terms for the mouth

Synonyms

• cakehole
• gob
• hole
• maw
• trap
• yap

More generic

• mouth
• oral cavity
• oral fissure
• rima oris

Noun

an opening into or through something

Synonyms

• hole

More generic

• gap
• opening

More specific

• aperture
• bolt-hole
• bullet hole
• cranny
• knothole
• leak
• ozone hole
• perforation
• rathole

Noun

a depression hollowed out of solid matter

Synonyms

• hole
• hollow

More generic

• depression
• natural depression

More specific

• burrow
• cavity
• chuckhole
• gopher hole
• kettle
• kettle hole
• pit
• pothole
• rabbit burrow
• rabbit hole
• tunnel
• wormhole

Noun

an unoccupied space

Synonyms

• hole

More generic

• space

More specific

• pore

Noun

informal terms for a difficult situation

Synonyms

• fix
• hole
• jam
• kettle of fish
• mess
• muddle
• pickle

More generic

• difficulty

More specific

• dog's breakfast
• dog's dinner

Noun

a fault

Synonyms

• hole

More generic

• defect
• fault
• flaw

Verb

make holes in

Synonyms

• hole

More generic

• core out
• hollow
• hollow out

Verb

hit the ball into the hole

Synonyms

• hole
• hole out

More generic

• hit

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