Synonyms for deep
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1. deepadjective

   Antonyms:
   shallow

2. deepadjective

   Synonyms:
   thick

   Antonyms:
   thin, shallow

3. deepadjective

   The deep (meaning 2 above) part of a problem.

   That is a deep thought!

   Synonyms:
   meaningful, profound, heavy

   Antonyms:
   superficial, light, shallow, frivolous

4. deepadjective

   A fielding position near the boundary.

   The shelves are 30cm deep.

   Antonyms:
   shallow

5. deepadjective

   Voluminous.

   to take a deep breath / sigh / drink

   Synonyms:
   large, voluminous, great

   Antonyms:
   shallow, small

6. deepadjective

   Low in pitch.

   She has a very deep contralto

   Synonyms:
   low-pitched, low

   Antonyms:
   high, high-pitched, piping

7. deepadjective

   Dark and highly saturated.

   That's a very deep shade of blue

   Synonyms:
   rich, vivid, bright

   Antonyms:
   light, pale, washed-out, desaturated

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1. deep

   That is obscure which the eye or the mind can not clearly discern or see through, whether because of its own want of transparency, its depth or intricacy, or because of mere defect of light. That which is complicated is likely to be obscure, but that may be obscure which is not at all complicated and scarcely complex, as a muddy pool. In that which is abstruse (Latin abs, from, and trudo, push) as if removed from the usual course of thought or out of the way of apprehension or discovery, the thought is remote, hidden; in that which is obscure there may be nothing to hide; it is hard to see to the bottom of the profound, because of its depth, but the most shallow turbidness is obscure. Compare COMPLEX; DARK; DIFFICULT; MYSTERIOUS.

   See synonyms for CLEAR.

   Synonyms:
   abstruse, ambiguous, cloudy, complex, complicated, dark, darksome, dense, difficult, dim, doubtful, dusky, enigmatical, hidden, incomprehensible, indistinct, intricate, involved, muddy, mysterious, obscure, profound, turbid, unintelligible

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. deep

   Synonyms:
   profound, subterranean, submerged, designing, abstruse, recondite, learned, low, sagacious, penetrating, thick, obscure, mysterious, occult, intense, heartfelt

   Antonyms:
   shallow, superficial, artless, undesigning, familiar, commonplace

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1. deepnoun

   the central and most intense or profound part

   "in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter"

   Synonyms:
   trench, oceanic abyss

   Antonyms:
   little, narrow, light, high, ankle-deep, shoaly, explicable, shallow, colorless, small, mild, shelfy, reefy, wakeful, exoteric, high-pitched, close, superficial, knee-deep, shelvy, colourless, artless, thin, neritic, fordable

2. trench, deep, oceanic abyssnoun

   a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

   Synonyms:
   trench, oceanic abyss

   Antonyms:
   high-pitched, colourless, small, shallow, fordable, reefy, little, wakeful, thin, narrow, shelvy, shelfy, colorless, close, high, mild, exoteric, knee-deep, shoaly, ankle-deep, explicable, superficial, light, neritic, artless

3. deepadjective

   literary term for an ocean

   "denizens of the deep"

   Synonyms:
   trench, oceanic abyss

   Antonyms:
   shallow, colourless, shoaly, high, close, thin, small, knee-deep, neritic, fordable, mild, ankle-deep, little, reefy, light, shelvy, artless, superficial, narrow, wakeful, high-pitched, colorless, shelfy, exoteric, explicable

4. deepadjective

   relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

   "a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep"

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

   Antonyms:
   high-pitched, light, close, thin, wakeful, shallow, colorless, shelfy, narrow, little, mild, neritic, small, high, superficial, shelvy, knee-deep, exoteric, shoaly, explicable, fordable, colourless, ankle-deep, artless, reefy

5. deepadjective

   marked by depth of thinking

   "deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory"

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

   Antonyms:
   little, mild, reefy, exoteric, thin, explicable, colorless, high, close, shoaly, artless, narrow, ankle-deep, fordable, light, colourless, knee-deep, wakeful, superficial, shallow, shelvy, high-pitched, neritic, small, shelfy

6. deepadjective

   having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination

   "a deep well"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

   Antonyms:
   high, fordable, explicable, superficial, little, wakeful, shallow, mild, shelvy, ankle-deep, small, close, reefy, high-pitched, light, neritic, artless, shoaly, narrow, thin, shelfy, colourless, knee-deep, exoteric, colorless

7. deepadjective

   very distant in time or space

   "deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

   Antonyms:
   exoteric, shelfy, shallow, light, little, high, shoaly, shelvy, small, close, wakeful, reefy, mild, artless, knee-deep, colourless, ankle-deep, high-pitched, explicable, neritic, fordable, superficial, thin, narrow, colorless

8. deepadjective

   extreme

   "in deep trouble"; "deep happiness"

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

   Antonyms:
   mild, shelfy, high-pitched, neritic, reefy, small, shelvy, light, colorless, fordable, high, shallow, artless, colourless, superficial, little, narrow, knee-deep, ankle-deep, shoaly, wakeful, exoteric, thin, explicable, close

9. bass, deepadjective

   having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

   "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

   Antonyms:
   knee-deep, thin, fordable, narrow, colorless, small, reefy, explicable, mild, light, high, close, superficial, little, shelvy, exoteric, ankle-deep, artless, shoaly, wakeful, shallow, neritic, colourless, high-pitched, shelfy

10. deep, richadjective

    strong; intense

    "deep purple"; "a rich red"

    Synonyms:
    bass, mystifying, fat, robust, recondite, full-bodied, cryptical, copious, cryptic, racy, inscrutable, abstruse, productive, ample, rich, fertile, mysterious, plentiful, thick, plenteous

    Antonyms:
    wakeful, reefy, little, shoaly, fordable, colorless, exoteric, shelfy, neritic, shallow, colourless, high, narrow, mild, close, small, knee-deep, artless, thin, high-pitched, ankle-deep, superficial, explicable, shelvy, light

11. deepadjective

    relatively thick from top to bottom

    "deep carpets"; "deep snow"

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

    Antonyms:
    shelvy, high-pitched, wakeful, fordable, superficial, reefy, shallow, high, colorless, thin, colourless, shelfy, close, small, narrow, little, ankle-deep, mild, shoaly, artless, knee-deep, exoteric, explicable, light, neritic

12. deepadjective

    extending relatively far inward

    "a deep border"

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

    Antonyms:
    thin, shoaly, high, small, reefy, high-pitched, exoteric, superficial, neritic, fordable, mild, colourless, little, shallow, artless, ankle-deep, shelvy, knee-deep, wakeful, colorless, close, explicable, shelfy, narrow, light

13. thick, deepadjective

    (of darkness) very intense

    "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"

    Synonyms:
    dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, mystifying, blockheaded, cryptical, chummy, thick-skulled, rich, thickset, abstruse, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, recondite, inscrutable, heavyset, cryptic, buddy-buddy, mysterious, bass, thick(p), thick, slurred

    Antonyms:
    shallow, fordable, shelfy, high, knee-deep, reefy, colorless, little, small, neritic, high-pitched, explicable, mild, shelvy, close, exoteric, light, wakeful, artless, superficial, ankle-deep, shoaly, thin, colourless, narrow

14. deepadjective

    large in quantity or size

    "deep cuts in the budget"

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

    Antonyms:
    fordable, close, high-pitched, thin, high, little, light, wakeful, shoaly, small, colorless, mild, explicable, neritic, shelvy, shallow, colourless, exoteric, reefy, superficial, shelfy, knee-deep, narrow, artless, ankle-deep

15. deepadjective

    with head or back bent low

    "a deep bow"

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

    Antonyms:
    small, explicable, mild, wakeful, shelvy, close, neritic, shallow, high, little, artless, light, exoteric, fordable, narrow, ankle-deep, colourless, superficial, reefy, thin, shelfy, colorless, knee-deep, shoaly, high-pitched

16. cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifyingadjective

    of an obscure nature

    "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"

    Synonyms:
    kabbalistic, mystifying, bass, cryptical, mystic, occult, secret, recondite, qabalistic, orphic, inscrutable, abstruse, cryptic, rich, mysterious, cabalistic, mystical, thick, sibylline

    Antonyms:
    little, knee-deep, superficial, shallow, high, small, close, artless, wakeful, exoteric, shoaly, shelfy, narrow, colorless, shelvy, neritic, mild, high-pitched, reefy, fordable, colourless, explicable, thin, ankle-deep, light

17. abstruse, deep, reconditeadjective

    difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

    "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, mysterious, inscrutable, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

    Antonyms:
    mild, exoteric, shallow, small, neritic, ankle-deep, colourless, artless, close, little, thin, light, fordable, explicable, high, wakeful, reefy, colorless, shoaly, narrow, superficial, shelfy, high-pitched, knee-deep, shelvy

18. deepadverb

    exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

    "deep political machinations"; "a deep plot"

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

    Antonyms:
    explicable, little, shoaly, shallow, colourless, high-pitched, high, neritic, superficial, light, wakeful, shelvy, thin, fordable, colorless, ankle-deep, close, mild, artless, small, reefy, knee-deep, exoteric, shelfy, narrow

19. deeply, deepadverb

    to a great depth;far down

    "dived deeply"; "dug deep"

    Synonyms:
    deeply, profoundly, late

    Antonyms:
    little, high-pitched, artless, shoaly, narrow, thin, shelfy, exoteric, reefy, mild, light, high, shallow, knee-deep, fordable, colorless, small, colourless, explicable, close, neritic, superficial, shelvy, ankle-deep, wakeful

20. deep, lateadverb

    to an advanced time

    "deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening"

    Synonyms:
    lately, of late, deeply, latterly, tardily, late, recently, belatedly

    Antonyms:
    mild, thin, high-pitched, high, light, ankle-deep, small, shelvy, neritic, superficial, little, colourless, shoaly, shallow, artless, colorless, exoteric, knee-deep, narrow, fordable, reefy, close, explicable, shelfy, wakeful

21. deepadverb

    to a great distance

    "penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods"

    Synonyms:
    deeply, late

    Antonyms:
    narrow, high, close, shoaly, mild, little, superficial, reefy, light, neritic, artless, fordable, shallow, small, wakeful, exoteric, shelvy, knee-deep, shelfy, explicable, high-pitched, colorless, colourless, thin, ankle-deep

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1. deepadjective

   Synonyms:
   profound, unfathomable

2. deepadjective

   Synonyms:
   mysterious, intricate, knotty, difficult, hard (to comprehend)

3. deepadjective

   Synonyms:
   sagacious, penetrating, intelligent, discerning, shrewd

4. deepadjective

   Synonyms:
   absorbed, engrossed, rapt up

5. deepadjective

   Synonyms:
   grave, low, not high, not sharp

6. deepadjective

   Synonyms:
   dark, intense

7. deepadjective

   Synonyms:
   great, thorough, entire

8. deepnoun

   Synonyms:
   sea, ocean, main

9. deepadjective

   Synonyms:
   DEEPLY

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1. deepadjective

   Synonyms:
   profound, intricate, inexplicable, unfathomable, incomprehensible, recondite, abstruse, abysmal, sagacious, cunning, astute, shrewd, dark, intense, grave, grum, full-toned, guttural

   Antonyms:
   superficial, shallow

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1. List of paraphrases for "deep":

   profound, deeply, profoundly, grave, in-depth, root, depth, deep-seated, deep-rooted, thorough, serious, far-reaching, deepest, throat, great, sincere, heartfelt, depths, underlying, sham, strong, gravely, deep-sea, severe, shum, thoroughgoing, interstellar

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1. Kevin Madden:

   When you go to a diner or a coffee shop, you'd be surprised how often patrons will offer you a doughnut, a piece of pie, something that is deep-fried, has sugar on it, at the Iowa State Fair, everything is deep-fried and on a stick. It's hard to resist.

2. Ben Carson:

   I'm a person who has a deep and abiding faith and relationship with God, but I'm not really into a lot of religious dogma and rituals -- 'you can't do that, and you can't do this.' I don't believe in that. I believe you have to have a deep and abiding faith in God.

3. Jean Kerr:

   I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas

4. Alfred A. Montapert:

   In Texas, years ago, almost all of the oil came from surface operations. Then someone got the idea that there were greater sources of supply deeper down. A well was drilled five thousand feet deep. The result? A gusher. Too many of us operate on the surface. We never go deep enough to find supernatural resources. The result is, we never operate at our best. More time and investment is involved to go deep but a gusher will pay off.

5. Ulrich Wessel:

   From one minute to the next, their life's plans were gone - they'll leave a big hole at our school, it's a deep wound to lose 16 children and two teachers that will take long to heal and will leave deep scars.