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.

   See synonyms for CLEAR.

   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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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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How to use profound in a sentence?

1. Denis Diderot:

   Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common.

2. John Duffy:

   When you have such a profound impact on how people feel about themselves or rate themselves, that's going to win, even if you can point to rationally that this is not a good thing for me, the emotion wins.

3. Ian Kelly:

   Attempts to change the management of the station, in advance of the appeal process, have profound political implications. In a democratic society, critical opinions should be encouraged, not silenced.

4. Albert Rivera:

   We're at a similar moment. Of course today we have democracy but the democratic regime needs a profound review, a second transition.

5. Carl William Brown:

   If you think of the success of the majority of the so called italian artists, you can easily understand the profound state of decadence and corruption of the stupid nation itself.