Synonyms for profound
prəˈfaʊndpro·found

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1. profound

   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.

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. profound

   Synonyms:
   deep, fathomless, abysmal, penetrating, intimate, solemn, abstruse, recondite, philosophical, strong, vivid, intense, deepseated

   Antonyms:
   shallow, superficial, commonplace

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1. profoundadjective

   showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

   "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"

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

   Antonyms:
   facile, shallow, ostensible, superficial, dilettantish, glib, skin-deep, dilettanteish, looking, sciolistic, mild, apparent(a), insignificant, seeming(a), sounding, dilettante, unimportant

2. profoundadjective

   of the greatest intensity; complete

   "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock"

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

   Antonyms:
   shallow, seeming(a), facile, looking, sciolistic, insignificant, unimportant, dilettante, mild, skin-deep, dilettantish, apparent(a), superficial, glib, dilettanteish, ostensible, sounding

3. fundamental, profoundadjective

   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, heavy, unfathomed, key, wakeless, cardinal, unplumbed, underlying, central, rudimentary, sound, unsounded, primal

   Antonyms:
   dilettanteish, glib, sciolistic, ostensible, shallow, insignificant, mild, superficial, dilettante, looking, sounding, unimportant, seeming(a), dilettantish, skin-deep, apparent(a), facile

4. profoundadjective

   coming from deep within one

   "a profound sigh"

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

   Antonyms:
   superficial, looking, sciolistic, insignificant, dilettantish, ostensible, seeming(a), shallow, mild, dilettanteish, skin-deep, facile, glib, unimportant, sounding, apparent(a), dilettante

5. heavy, profound, sound, wakelessadjective

   (of sleep) deep and complete

   "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"

   Synonyms:
   laboured, sullen, laborious, reasoned, overweight, toilsome, effectual, intemperate, with child(p), sound, wakeless, good, dense, grueling, unsounded, heavy(p), threatening, grave, legal, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), clayey, enceinte, intelligent, grievous, fleshy, levelheaded, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, level-headed, gruelling, well-grounded, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, backbreaking, unfathomed, sonorous, great(p), operose, fundamental, heavy, arduous, big(a), labored, unplumbed, punishing, gravid, big(p), healthy, lowering, leaden

   Antonyms:
   looking, dilettanteish, dilettantish, apparent(a), sciolistic, facile, shallow, skin-deep, insignificant, sounding, mild, ostensible, seeming(a), glib, unimportant, superficial, dilettante

6. profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsoundedadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   sound, heavy, unfathomed, wakeless, silent, fundamental, unplumbed, unsounded

   Antonyms:
   mild, seeming(a), skin-deep, glib, insignificant, facile, shallow, sounding, looking, superficial, sciolistic, unimportant, dilettanteish, dilettante, apparent(a), ostensible, dilettantish

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. profoundadjective

   Synonyms:
   deep

2. profoundadjective

   Synonyms:
   penetrating, sagacious, skilled, not superficial

3. profoundadjective

   Synonyms:
   lively, vivid, strong, deep-felt

4. profoundadjective

   Synonyms:
   lowly, humble, submissive

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1. profoundadjective

   Synonyms:
   abysmal, deep, abstruse, recondite

   Antonyms:
   shallow

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1. List of paraphrases for "profound":

   deep, far-reaching, in-depth, profoundly, root, deep-seated, deep-rooted, thorough, grave, serious, deepest, sincere, underlying, deeply, heartfelt, radical, penetratingly, deep-going, great, incisively

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1. Wendy Sherman:

   It is an opaque society. The level of mistrust is very profound and deep. I think we are taking baby steps, but I don't anticipate great movement right away, it's not going to happen overnight.

2. Simone de Beauvoir:

   Buying is a profound pleasure.

3. State Antony Blinken:

   If a country, even one with which we've had the most profound differences, is prepared to engage seriously and credibly in answering the demands of the international community, we are also prepared to engage.

4. Adam Schiff:

   We've reached the point, after the events of this week, where it would be very difficult to maintain the credibility of the investigation if the chairman did not recuse himself from matters involving either the Trump campaign or the Trump transition team of which he was a member, the questions are profound enough that I think we need to move past it, and ideally that would mean the chairman ought to recuse himself, not only from the investigation involving potential coordination or collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians, but also any oversight of minimization issues affecting the Trump transition since he was a member of that Trump transition team.

5. Evan Hayden:

   It was profound to see artifacts such as a mangled, charred tricycle, as well as people's shadows burned into concrete from the blast.