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profound
Overview of adj profound
The adj profound has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (12) 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")
2. (8) profound -- (of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock")
3. fundamental, 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")
4. profound -- (coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh")
5. heavy, profound, sound, wakeless -- ((of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep")
6. profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded -- (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")
Grep of noun profound
profoundness
Antonyms of adj profound
6 senses of profound
Sense 1
profound (vs. superficial)
superficial (vs. profound)
=> apparent(prenominal), ostensible, seeming(prenominal)
=> dilettante, dilettantish, dilettanteish, sciolistic
=> facile
=> glib
=> looking, sounding
=> shallow
Sense 2
profound
INDIRECT (VIA intense) -> mild
Sense 3
fundamental, profound
INDIRECT (VIA significant) -> insignificant, unimportant
Sense 4
profound
INDIRECT (VIA deep) -> shallow
Sense 5
heavy, profound, sound, wakeless
INDIRECT (VIA deep) -> shallow
Sense 6
profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded
INDIRECT (VIA deep) -> shallow
Similarity of adj profound
6 senses of profound
Sense 1
profound (vs. superficial)
=> deep
=> thoughtful
Also See> intense#1; scholarly#1
Sense 2
profound
=> intense (vs. mild)
Sense 3
fundamental, profound
=> significant (vs. insignificant), important
Sense 4
profound
=> deep (vs. shallow)
Sense 5
heavy, profound, sound, wakeless
=> deep (vs. shallow)
Sense 6
profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded
=> deep (vs. shallow)
Pertainyms of adj profound
Attributes of adj profound
Domain of adj profound
Domain Terms of adj profound
Familiarity of adj profound
profound used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =6)
Grep of adj profound
profound
profoundly deaf
Grep of adv profound
profoundly
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