Synonyms of shoal

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adjective

ˈshōl 

as in shallow

lacking significant physical depth

shoal waters of the bay meant that our ship had to be moored a considerable distance from shore

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shallow
• surface
• depthless
• superficial
• restricted
• smooth
• horizontal
• limited
• finite
• measurable
• plane
• level
• skin-deep
• flat
• flush
• measured
• fathomable
• two-dimensional
• even

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deep
• vast
• infinite
• profound
• endless
• unlimited
• boundless
• navigable
• limitless
• bottomless
• unfathomable
• abyssal
• inestimable
• immeasurable
• measureless
• abysmal

shoal

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noun

as in bank

a place where a body of water (as a sea or river) is shallow

the shoals off Nantucket Island are famous as the final resting places of many ill-fated ships

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bank
• ford
• sandbar
• sandbank
• bar
• shallow(s)
• towhead

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trench
• depth
• gulf
• abyss
• deep

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of shoal

Noun

Powell was talking about Montgomery Reef—a sandstone and dolomite shoal 12 miles from shore that the changing tide reveals and conceals each day—which David Attenborough has called one of the greatest natural wonders in the world. —Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024

The Democratic Party, particularly, is prone to shipwrecking on the shoals of unretiring seniors. —Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024

The United States had protested China’s de facto annexation of the shoal, but Beijing’s escalation against the Philippines forced Washington to back off. —Kyle Balzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2024

Stick to the Calabrian side and risk tearing up their ship on a rocky shoal. —Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024