CAVE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CAVE?

Need another word that means the same as “cave”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “cave” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Cave” are: cavern, grotto, hollow, cavity, pothole, underground chamber, gallery, tunnel, dugout, undermine, spelunk, collapse, fall in, give, give way, crumble, crumple, disintegrate, subside, fall down, sag, slump

Cave as a Noun

Definitions of "Cave" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cave” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A natural underground chamber in a hillside or cliff.
• A geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea.

Synonyms of "Cave" as a noun (9 Words)

cavern	A large, dark place or space. A dark cavern of a shop.
cavity	Space that is surrounded by something. The abdominal cavity.
dugout	A canoe made from a hollowed tree trunk. The German gun crews kept in their dugouts.
gallery	A long room or passage, typically one that is partly open at the side to form a portico or colonnade. An art gallery.
grotto	A small cave (usually with attractive features. Visits to Father Christmas s grotto.
hollow	A depression hollowed out of solid matter. A hollow at the base of a large tree.
pothole	A depression or hollow in a road surface caused by wear or subsidence. Upstream were potholes from the recent rains where a pair of herons stood.
tunnel	A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter. Cover plants in rows with a cloche tunnel.
underground chamber	A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force.

Usage Examples of "Cave" as a noun

• The narrow gorge contains a series of prehistoric caves.

Cave as a Verb

Definitions of "Cave" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cave” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Capitulate or submit under pressure; cave in.
• Explore caves as a sport.
• Hollow out as if making a cave or opening.
• Explore natural caves.

Synonyms of "Cave" as a verb (13 Words)

collapse	Cause a lung or blood vessel to collapse. The stock market collapsed.
crumble	Break or fall apart into fragments. The cookies crumbled.
crumple	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. The bumper crumpled as it glanced off the wall.
disintegrate	Lose strength or cohesion and gradually fail. A meson can spontaneously disintegrate.
fall down	Slope downward.
fall in	Come out; issue.
give	Give as medicine. A baby given into their care by the accident of her birth.
give way	Organize or be responsible for.
sag	Cause to sag. She let her head sag lower and lower.
slump	Fall or sink heavily. Land prices slumped.
spelunk	Explore natural caves.
subside	Lapse into silence or inactivity. Patrick subsided into his seat.
undermine	Destroy property or hinder normal operations. The demolition engineers did eventually undermine two of the tower s six sides.

Usage Examples of "Cave" as a verb

• He caved because his position had become untenable.
• She finally caved in the face of his persistence.
• They say they cave for the adventure, challenge, and physical exercise.

Associations of "Cave" (30 Words)

cache	Store data in a cache memory. There was a good supply of meat in the caches.
calcify	Harden by deposition of or conversion into calcium carbonate or another insoluble calcium compound. Old folks can calcify.
cavern	Hollow out as if making a cavern. His eyes were dark caverns.
coal	Take in coal. A coal fire.
dark	A dark colour or shade especially in a painting. A dark gloomy day.
darkness	An unenlightened state. The powers of darkness.
den	Of a wild animal live in a den. The cubs denned in the late autumn.
dim	Become dim or lusterless. A dim figure in the dark kitchen.
dripstone	A protective drip that is made of stone.
dusky	Used in names of animals with dark coloration e g dusky dolphin dusky warbler. Dusky light came from a small window.
grotto	An indoor structure resembling a cave. Visits to Father Christmas s grotto.
hidden	Designed to elude detection. A hidden cave.
impenetrable	Not admitting of penetration or passage into or through. Impenetrable gloom.
lair	A secret or private place in which a person, especially a criminal or enemy, takes refuge. He led the police to the criminals lair.
miner	A person who dug tunnels in order to destroy an enemy position with explosives. Anyone can become a bitcoin miner.
saturnine	(of a place or an occasion) gloomy. His saturnine face and dark watchful eyes.
shadow	Envelop in shadow cast a shadow over. The police are shadowing her.
shadowy	Lacking clarity or distinctness. A long shadowy cobbled passage.
shady	Unscrupulous. He established a dummy company through which he laundered vast sums of cash from shady middlemen and arms dealers.
spelunker	A person who explores caves.
stalactite	A tapering structure hanging like an icicle from the roof of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water.
stalagmite	A cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave.
subterranean	Being or operating under the surface of the earth. The subterranean world of the behind the scenes television power brokers.
sullen	Showing a brooding ill humor. A sullen sunless sky.
swarthy	Dark-complexioned. Swarthy men with gleaming teeth.
tenebrous	Dark; shadowy or obscure. A tenebrous cave.
tourist	Travel as a tourist. The pyramids have drawn tourists to Egypt.
ulterior	Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed. Without any purpose immediate or ulterior.
underground	A member of an underground political group or movement. The New York underground art scene.
underneath	So as to be concealed by something else. He was wearing a brown jacket with a white T shirt underneath.