Word Meanings - CONCAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky. 2. Hollow; void

Additional info about word: CONCAVE

1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky. 2. Hollow; void of contents. As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CONCAVE)

• Hollow \adj
• (Metaphor)
• Empty
• concave
• foolish
• weak
• faithless
• insincere
• artificial
• unsubstantial
• void
• flimsy
• transparent
• senseless
• vacant
• unsound
• false

Related words: (words related to CONCAVE)

• HOLLOW-HEARTED
  Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
• CONCAVED
  Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched.
• TRANSPARENT
  transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
• FALSENESS
  The state of being false; contrariety to the fact; inaccuracy; want of integrity or uprightness; double dealing; unfaithfulness; treachery; perfidy; as, the falseness of a report, a drawing, or a singer's notes; the falseness of a man, or of his
• CONCAVE
  1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky. 2. Hollow; void
• FALSE-FACED
  Hypocritical. Shak.
• VACANTLY
  In a vacant manner; inanely.
• FAITHLESS
  1. Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27. 2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak. 3. Not observant of promises or covenants. 4. Not true
• FALSETTO
  A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice.
• UNSUBSTANTIALIZE
  To make unsubstantial.
• HOLLOWLY
  Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.
• EMPTYING
  The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. (more info) 1. The act of making empty. Shak. 2. pl.
• ARTIFICIALITY
  The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.
• ARTIFICIALLY
  1. In an artificial manner; by art, or skill and contrivance, not by nature. 2. Ingeniously; skillfully. The spider's web, finely and artificially wrought. Tillotson. 3. Craftily; artfully. Sharp dissembled so artificially. Bp. Burnet.
• ARTIFICIAL
  1. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers. Artificial strife Lives in these touches, livelier than life. Shak. 2.
• HOLLOW-HORNED
  Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle.
• VACANT
  Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate. Bouvier. Vacant succession , one that is claimed by no person, or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known heirs to it have renounced it. Burrill.
• INSINCERELY
  Without sincerity.
• FALSE
  Not in tune. False arch , a member having the appearance of an arch, though not of arch construction. -- False attic, an architectural erection above the main cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or inclosing rooms. -- False bearing,
• CONCAVENESS
  Hollowness; concavity.
• CONCAVO-CONCAVE
  Concave or hollow on both sides; double concave.
• OVEREMPTY
  To make too empty; to exhaust. Carew.
• SUBTRANSPARENT
  Not perfectly transparent.
• KEMP; KEMPTY
  Coarse, rough hair wool or fur, injuring its quality.
• PLANO-CONCAVE
  Plane or flat on one side, and concave on the other; as, a plano-concave lens. See Lens.