Synonyms for depth
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Profundity
profundity, astuteness, penetration, wisdom, acumen, perspicacity, sagacity, profoundness
2. Deepness — the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
Definitions
- n. 1
the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
Measure the depth of the water in this part of the bay.
- n. 2
the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet
Related words
- Word family
- depthen depthie depthless depthness depthscraper
- Phrases
- depth charge depth psychology depth bomb
Forms
- Plural
- depths → profundities, astutenesses, penetrations, wisdoms…
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Insight, judgment, profundity or depth, reason, sagacity, sense, and understanding are native qualities of mind, tho capable of increase by cultivation.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- penetration What's Algeria's total mobile phone penetration?
- deep The snow is very deep here in our town in January.
- extent To some extent, you can control the car in a skid.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| depth | falling | |
| penetration | falling | |
| profundity | steady | |
| profoundness | rising | |
| deep | rising | |
| deepness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- deep1
- 5 letters
- abyss2, nadir2
- 6 letters
- bottom2, extent2, wisdom2, acumen3
- 7 letters
- measure2, lowness
- 8 letters
- sagacity, deepness
- 9 letters
- intensity4, thickness2, depthness
- 10 letters
- profundity, astuteness3
- 11 letters
- penetration4
- 12 letters
- perspicacity, profoundness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abyss2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- profondeur
- Italiano
- profondità
- Deutsch
- Tiefe
- Català
- profunditat