shallow

nouns

a stretch of shallow water
shallow, shoal

verbs

make shallow
"The silt shallowed the canal"
shallow, shoal
become shallow
"the lake shallowed over time"
shallow, shoal

adjectives

lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
"shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field"
shallow
is derived from
shallowness
antonym
deep
is similar to
coming only to the ankle or knee
ankle-deep, knee-deep
is similar to
shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle
"the stream was fordable"
fordable
is similar to
relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast
"neritic fauna"
neritic
is similar to
full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals
"reefy shallows"; "shoaly waters"
reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly
is an attribute of
the extent downward or backward or inward
"the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"
deepness, depth
not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
"shallow breathing"; "a night of shallow fretful sleep"; "in a shallow trance"
shallow
antonym
deep
is similar to
(of sleep) easily disturbed
"in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night"
light, wakeful
is an attribute of
the extent downward or backward or inward
"the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"
deepness, depth
lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
"shallow people"; "his arguments seemed shallow and tedious"
shallow
is derived from
shallowness
is similar to
concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually
"superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences"
superficial