a. | 1. | Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep. |
2. | Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; | |
3. | Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; | |
4. | Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; | |
n. | 1. | The deep; the sea; the ocean. |
2. | An abyss. | |
v. t. | 1. | To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down. |
v. i. | 1. | To dive deeply; to penetrate. |
Adj. | 1. | profound - showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret" Antonyms: superficial - being or affecting or concerned with a surface; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences" |
2. | profound - of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock" | |
3. | profound - far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes" Synonyms: fundamental | |
4. | profound - coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh" | |
5. | profound - (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" | |
6. | profound - situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns" |