Main entry: shallow
Definition: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center
Usage: shallow water; a shallow dish; a shallow cut; a shallow closet; established a shallow beachhead; hit the ball to shallow left field
Antonyms: deep
Definition: having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
Main entry: shallow
Definition: not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply
Usage: shallow breathing; a night of shallow fretful sleep; in a shallow trance
Antonyms: deep
Definition: relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
Definition: absence of light or illumination
Antonyms: dark
Definition: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
Antonyms: dark
Definition: (used of color) having a dark hue
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of comparatively great physical weight or density
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: unusually great in degree or quantity or number
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of great intensity or power or force
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
Main entry: shallow
Definition: lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious
Usage: shallow people; his arguments seemed shallow and tedious
Antonyms: profound
Definition: showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth