Synonyms of the word

knee-deep

• adj. Reaching up to the knees.
• adj. Submerged to the knees.
• adj. (figuratively, by extension) Deeply involved in something, or preoccupied with something.

ankle-deep

• adj. Up to one's ankles in something (such as water, or mud).

knee-high

• adj. Reaching to the height of a person's knees.
• n. (US, usually in the plural) A sock or stocking that reaches to the knees.

shallow

• adj. Having little depth; significantly less deep than wide.
• adj. Extending not far downward.
• adj. Concerned mainly with superficial matters.
• adj. Lacking interest or substance.
• adj. Not intellectually deep; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing.
• adj. (obsolete) Not deep in tone.
• adj. (tennis) Not far forward, close to the net.
• n. A shallow portion of an otherwise deep body of water.
• n. A fish, the rudd.
• v. To make or become less deep.