HOLLOW MEANING 1: having a hole or empty space inside. SENTENCE 1: "a hollow metal tube" SYNONYMS: empty, not solid, void, unfilled, vacant, hollowed out "each fibre has a hollow core" MEANING 2: without real significance or value. SENTENCE 2: "the result was a hollow victory" SYNONYMS: meaningless, empty, valueless, worthless, useless, pyrrhic, futile, of no use, of no value, of no avail, fruitless, profitless, pointless, unavailing;