Synonyms for deep
- adjective
- noun
- adverb
Most common
profound subtle heart-felt penetrating dark unfathomable great rich
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Profound — complex, involved. Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious
profound, subtle, heart-felt, penetrating, meaningful, wise, astute, learned, artful, shrewd, discerning, cunning, designing, sapient
2. Dark — complex, involved. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; intricate; obscure
dark, unfathomable, mysterious, recondite, hard, abstruse formal, complex, intricate, incomprehensible, difficult, esoteric, obscure, inexplicable, inscrutable, cryptic, occult, sagacious formal, mystifying, cryptical rare
3. Wide — extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Voluminous
Other
thick, heavy, low, sound, bass, bottomless, low-pitched, abysmal, hollow, fast, abyssal, hearty
Noun
1. Oceanic abyss
Adverb
Definitions
- adj. 1
Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Voluminous.
to take a deep breath / sigh / drink
- adj. 2
Complex, involved. Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
- n. 1
The deep part of a lake, sea or ocean.
- adv. 1
Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.
We ventured deep into the forest.
Related words
- Word family
- deepen deep-fat-fried deep-fat-fry deep-felt deep-freeze deep-fried deep-fry deep-grounded
- Phrases
- deep fryer deep freezer go deep in too deep deep down deep vein thrombosis in deep shit deep blue
- Is a kind of
- long
Forms
- Plural
- deeps → trenches, seas, oceans, brines…
Example sentences
- subtle There was a subtle difference between their views.
- profound The audience was impressed by his profound lecture.
- penetrating Helium is capable of penetrating glass.
- intricate I can see some intricate patterns in the picture.
- unfathomable It is just unfathomable to even think about.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| deep | rising | |
| subtle | rising | |
| profound | rising | |
| penetrating | steady | |
| intricate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1, sea1
- 4 letters
- long1, hard1, full1, late1, main1, fast1, dark1, wide1, rich1, wise1, bass1, gurt
- 5 letters
- great1, large1, sound1, heavy2, ocean2, broad1, thick1, depth1, vivid2, abyss2, brine1
- 6 letters
- bright1, deeply2, subtle2, hollow2, trench1, hearty2, occult2, astute2, shrewd1, artful2
- 7 letters
- complex2, learned1, intense2, obscure2, cunning2, cryptic2, abysmal3, abyssal, sapient
- 8 letters
- profound2, esoteric4, abstruse2
- 9 letters
- difficult3, designing3, intricate3, sagacious, recondite3, cryptical
- 10 letters
- mysterious4, meaningful3, discerning3, bottomless3, voluminous4, mystifying4
- 11 letters
- penetrating4, inscrutable4
- 12 letters
- inexplicable5, unfathomable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).