Synonyms of indentations

indentations

noun

plural of indentation

1

as in dents

a sunken area forming a separate space

the previous occupant's furniture had left some fairly noticeable indentations in the carpet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dents
• holes
• pits
• cavities
• furrows
• depressions
• hollows
• concavities
• recesses
• dints
• ditches
• grooves
• valleys
• indentures
• trenches
• caves
• pockets
• dimples
• craters
• caverns
• impressions
• bowls
• excavations
• burrows
• alcoves
• basins
• imprints
• openings
• sockets
• gutters
• troughs
• gouges
• nooks
• clefts
• notches
• wells
• potholes
• voids
• alveoli
• niches
• sinkholes
• boreholes
• water holes
• chasms
• abysses
• vacuums
• postholes
• vacuities
• vacua
• wallows
• chuckholes
• gulfs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• projections
• protrusions
• protuberances
• bulges
• hills
• mounds
• convexities
• tumors
• cambers
• rises
• bumps
• juts
• swellings
• lumps
• humps
• pimples
• swells
• bunches

2

as in chips

a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface

deep indentations along the edge of the leaf

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chips
• indents
• grooves
• slits
• punches
• nicks
• slots
• kerfs
• notches
• hacks
• indentures
• scores
• undercuts
• snips
• joggles
• nocks