shallow
Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
Example
“This crater is relatively shallow.”
Other meanings
Extending not far downward.
“The water is shallow here.”
Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
“It was a glamorous but shallow lifestyle.”
Antonyms
- deep
Related words
- nonshallow
- shallowhearted
- shallowish
- shallowpate
- unshallow
- Shallowater
- Shallow Water
- shallow cove
- shallow fellow
- shallow brooks are noisy
- Shallow Bay
- shallow copy
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "schalowe" (not deep, shallow).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “shallow” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.