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shallowness

NOUN
commonplace
Synonyms
STRONG
banality bromide chestnut corn inanity motto platitude prose shibboleth stereotype tag triteness
WEAK
cliché prosaicism prosaism rubber-stamp triviality truism
Antonyms
STRONG
coinage nuance
NOUN
frivolity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
levity
STRONG
flightiness flippancy flirting flummery folly frippery frivolousness fun gaiety game giddiness jest lightheartedness lightness nonsense play puerility sport superficiality toying trifling triviality volatility whimsicality whimsy
WEAK
coquetting dallying fribble
Antonyms
STRONG
sadness seriousness understanding work
WEAK
sensibility wiseness
NOUN
ignorance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
illiteracy nescience
STRONG
benightedness darkness lack of education sciolism unenlightenment unfamiliarity
WEAK
callowness crudeness empty-headedness half-knowledge ineducation inscience naïveté rawness simplicity uncouthness
Antonyms
STRONG
erudition understanding
WEAK
competence cultivation education experience intelligence knowledge literacy wisdom
NOUN
nescience
Synonyms
STRONG
bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity oblivion obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism simplicity unawareness unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness
WEAK
benightedness empty-headedness half-knowledge illiterateness inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness
Antonyms
STRONG
cognizance understanding
NOUN
obliviousness
Synonyms
STRONG
bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience oblivion obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism simplicity unawareness unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness
WEAK
benightedness empty-headedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness
Antonyms
STRONG
cognizance understanding
NOUN
stupidity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absurdity apathy idiocy ignorance lunacy nonsense silliness
STRONG
asininity fatuity fatuousness imbecility imprudence incapacity ineptitude injudiciousness insensibility obtuseness puerility simplicity slowness sluggishness stolidity stupefaction stupor weakness
WEAK
battiness brainlessness doltishness feeble-mindedness nitwittedness stupidness thick-headedness weak-mindedness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
intelligence sense
WEAK
acumen canniness judgment shrewdness wisdom
NOUN
thinness
Synonyms
STRONG
delicacy emaciation fineness gauntness inadequacy meagerness rarity scantiness slimness spareness sparseness tenuity
WEAK
incompactness subtilization subtilty
Antonyms
WEAK
avoirdupois fatness solidity thickness
NOUN
unawareness
Synonyms
STRONG
bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience oblivion obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism simplicity unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness
WEAK
benightedness empty-headedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness
Antonyms
STRONG
cognizance understanding
NOUN
unconsciousness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
oblivion
STRONG
bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism simplicity unawareness uncouthness unenlightenment unfamiliarity vagueness
WEAK
benightedness empty-headedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness
Antonyms
STRONG
cognizance understanding
NOUN
unfamiliarity
Synonyms
STRONG
bewilderment blindness callowness crudeness darkness denseness disregard dumbness fog illiteracy incapacity incomprehension innocence insensitivity nescience oblivion obliviousness obtuseness philistinism rawness sciolism simplicity unawareness unconsciousness uncouthness unenlightenment vagueness
WEAK
benightedness empty-headedness half-knowledge inscience lack of education mental incapacity naïveté unscholarliness
Antonyms
STRONG
cognizance understanding

Example Sentences

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Parr died in early December aged 73, having spent his life documenting Britain and the world with an unflinching eye that often captured the absurdity and shallowness of modern existence.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

This shallowness means that such quakes can cause more noticeable and potentially damaging ground movement.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

To me, it speaks to the elitism and shallowness of the trio that they are repelled by folks who are not as upscale as they are — they are repelled by “the great unwashed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

They criticize the shallowness of material pursuits and emphasize the need for genuine purpose instead of dismissive mainstream platitudes.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2024

I do love her so much, I adore her, I admire her, part of me wishes I was her without the bitchiness, without the stuck-up-ness, without the shallowness, and materialism.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi