hold in. [restrain], [curb], [check], [repress], [retain], rein.
holding, n. [restraint], retention, [checking], continence, [tenacity], [detention]; tenure, incumbency. Antonyms: incontinence, [release].
hole, n. cavity, excavation, [pit], [perforation], [rent], fissure, [opening], aperture, delve, cache, concavity, mortise, [puncture], orifice, eyelet, [crevice], [loophole], interstice, [gap], spiracle, [vent], [bung], pothole, manhole, [scuttle], scupper, muset, [muse]; [cave], holt, [den], lair, [retreat], [cover], [hovel], burrow. Antonyms: imperforation, closure. Associated words: auger, [drill], gimlet, [bodkin], [bore], [bit], [puncture], [perforate], [pink], awl, stylet, imperforable, imperforate, [punch], wimble, [pierce], eyeleteer, dibble, [plug], [spigot], spile, gouge, puncheon, [probe].
holiday, n. [festival], fête, fiesta (Sp.).
holiness, n. [sanctity], [piety], godliness, devoutness, [sacredness].
hollow, a. excavated, cavernous, [vacant], [void], [unfilled], [empty]; cannulated; [concave], [depressed], [gaunt], sunken; [insincere], [unsound], [false], [hypocritical]. Antonyms: [convex], protuberant, [sincere].
hollow, v. [scoop], excavate, [concave].
hollow, n. [depression], cavity, [valley]; concavity, [channel], [groove], [concave], [recess]; correi.
holy, a. [sacred], consecrated, [hallowed], sanctified, saintly, [godly], [pious], [guileless].
Holy Ghost. Paraclete, Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the Sanctifier.