profound

Plural: profounds

Adjective

• Very great or intense; intellectually deep and insightful.
• showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
  • "the differences are profound"
  • "a profound insight"
  • "a profound book"
  • "a profound mind"
  • "profound contempt"
  • "profound regret"

Adjective Satellite

• of the greatest intensity; complete
  • "a profound silence"
  • "a state of profound shock"
• far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
  • "profound social changes"
• coming from deep within one
  • "a profound sigh"
• (of sleep) deep and complete
  • "fell into a profound sleep"
• situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; ; -Thomas Gray
  • "the profound depths of the sea"

Adj

• Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
• Very deep; very serious.
• Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough.
• Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading.
• Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.

Noun

• Something that is very deep or intense, often abstract.
• The deep; the sea; the ocean.
• An abyss.

Verb

• To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
• To dive deeply; to penetrate.

Examples

• a profound investigation
• a profound scholar
• His understanding of Scrabble strategy was so profound, he rarely lost a game.
• profound wisdom
• The deep silence during a tough game often signals a profound decision being made.

Synonyms

fundamental, heavy, sound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded, wakeless

Antonyms

superficial

Related Words

profoundness, profundicate, profundify, profundity

Anagrams of profound