Synonyms of the word

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.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

ankle-deep

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

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

fordable

• adj. (of a body of water) Able to be forded.

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.

light

• n. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation…
• n. A source of illumination.
• n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
• n. (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
• n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
• n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those…
• n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
• n. A flame or something used to create fire.
• n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
• n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
• n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
• n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
• n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
• n. The power of perception by vision.
• n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
• n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler…
• v. (transitive) To start (a fire).
• v. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
• v. (transitive) To illuminate.
• v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
• v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
• adj. Having light.
• adj. Pale in colour.
• adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
• adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
• adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
• adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
• adj. Easy to endure or perform.
• adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
• adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
• adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
• adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
• adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
• adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
• adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
• adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
• adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
• adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
• adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
• adv. Carrying little.
• n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
• v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
• v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
• v. To find by chance.
• v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
• v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

neritic

• adj. Describing a marine environment of shallow waters.

reefy

• adj. containing reefs.

shelfy

• adj. (obsolete) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
• adj. (obsolete) Full of strata of rock.

shelvy

• adj. (of rock, ice, etc.) Having shelves.

shoal

• adj. (now rare) Shallow.
• n. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
• n. A shallow in a body of water.
• v. To arrive at a shallow (or less deep) area.
• v. To cause a shallowing; to come to a more shallow part of.
• v. To become shallow.
• n. Any large number of persons or things.
• n. (collective) A large number of fish (or other sea creatures) of the same species swimming together.
• v. To collect in a shoal; to throng.

shoaly

• adj. Full of shoals, or shallow places.

skin-deep

• adj. (figuratively) shallow, superficial.

superficial

• adj. Shallow, lacking substance.
• adj. At face value.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the surface.
• adj. Being near the surface.
• adj. (rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.
• n. (chiefly in plural) A surface detail.

surface

• n. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
• n. The outside hull of a tangible object.
• n. (figuratively) Outward or external appearance.
• n. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom)…
• n. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the…
• v. (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
• v. (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
• v. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
• v. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
• v. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
• v. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
• v. (intransitive) To appear or be found.

wakeful

• adj. Awake; not sleeping.
• adj. Sleepless.
• adj. Vigilant and alert; watchful.

water

• n. (uncountable) A substance (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear…
• n. (alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned liquid, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements…
• n. (often in the plural) Any body of water, or a specific part of it.
• n. A combination of water and other substance(s).
• n. (figuratively, in the plural or in the singular) A state of affairs; conditions; usually with an adjective…
• n. (colloquial, figuratively) A person's intuition.
• n. (uncountable, dated, finance) Excess valuation of securities.
• n. The limpidity and lustre of a precious stone, especially a diamond.
• n. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc.
• v. (transitive) To pour water into the soil surrounding (plants).
• v. (transitive) To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate.
• v. (transitive) To provide (animals) with water for drinking.
• v. (intransitive) To get or take in water.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To urinate onto.
• v. (transitive) To dilute.
• v. (transitive, dated, finance) To overvalue (securities), especially through deceptive accounting.
• v. (intransitive) To fill with or secrete water.
• v. (transitive) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines;…