'Profound' definitions:
Definition of 'profound'
From: WordNet
adjective
Showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret" [ant: superficial]
adjective
Of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock"
adjective
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" [syn: fundamental, profound]
adjective
Coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh"
adjective
(of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" [syn: heavy, profound, sound, wakeless]
adjective
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" [syn: profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded]
Definition of 'Profound'
From: GCIDE
- Profound \Pro*found"\, v. i. To dive deeply; to penetrate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Profound'
From: GCIDE
- Profound \Pro*found"\, n.
- 1. The deep; the sea; the ocean. [1913 Webster]
- God in the fathomless profound Hath all this choice commanders drowned. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An abyss. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Profound'
From: GCIDE
- Profound \Pro*found"\, v. t. To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Profound'
From: GCIDE
- Profound \Pro*found"\, a. [F. profond, L. profundus; pro before, forward + fundus the bottom. See Found to establish, Bottom lowest part.]
- 1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep. "A gulf profound." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep. "Profound sciatica." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow. [1913 Webster]
- What humble gestures! What profound reverence! --Duppa. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'profound'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- absorbing,
- abstract,
- abstruse,
- abysmal,
- acute,
- analytical,
- ankle-deep,
- arcane,
- arrant,
- astronomic,
- astute,
- Atlantean,
- awful,
- broad-minded,
- Brobdingnagian,
- cabbalistic,
- civilized,
- classical,
- colossal,
- complete,
- consummate,
- crass,
- cryptic,
- cultivated,
- cultured,
- Cyclopean,
- decided,
- deep,
- deep-cut,
- deep-down,
- deep-engraven,
- deep-felt,
- deep-fixed,
- deep-laid,
- deep-lying,
- deep-reaching,
- deep-rooted,
- deep-seated,
- deep-set,
- deep-settled,
- deep-sinking,
- deep-sunk,
- deep-sunken,
- deepgoing,
- deepish,
- deepsome,
- definitive,
- discerning,
- downright,
- educated,
- egregious,
- elephantine,
- encyclopedic,
- enigmatic,
- enormous,
- epic,
- erudite,
- esoteric,
- extreme,
- flagrant,
- Gargantuan,
- giant,
- giantlike,
- gigantic,
- glaring,
- great,
- gross,
- hard,
- heartfelt,
- heavy,
- Herculean,
- hermetic,
- heroic,
- hidden,
- homefelt,
- Homeric,
- huge,
- immense,
- incomprehensible,
- indecipherable,
- indelible,
- infinite,
- informed,
- inscrutable,
- insightful,
- intellectual,
- intense,
- intolerable,
- intricate,
- involved,
- jumbo,
- keen,
- knee-deep,
- knotty,
- knowing,
- knowledgeable,
- learned,
- lettered,
- literate,
- mammoth,
- mighty,
- monster,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- mountainous,
- mysterious,
- mystifying,
- obscure,
- occult,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- overpowering,
- overwhelming,
- pansophic,
- penetrating,
- perfect,
- pervading,
- piercing,
- poignant,
- polyhistoric,
- polymath,
- polymathic,
- positive,
- precious,
- prodigious,
- pronounced,
- proper,
- puzzling,
- rank,
- recondite,
- regular,
- sagacious,
- sage,
- sapient,
- scholarly,
- scholastic,
- secret,
- sharp,
- shattering,
- shocking,
- sincere,
- stark,
- stark-staring,
- studious,
- stupendous,
- subtle,
- superlative,
- surpassing,
- terrible,
- the veriest,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- titanic,
- total,
- towering,
- transcendental,
- tremendous,
- tricky,
- unbearable,
- unconscionable,
- undeniable,
- unequivocal,
- unfathomable,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- unrelieved,
- unspoiled,
- utter,
- vast,
- well-informed,
- well-read,
- wise,
- wise as Solomon