Synonyms for profound
- adjective
Most common
deep intense subtle penetrating mysterious fundamental intimate thorough
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Deep
deep, subtle, intense, wise, strong, penetrating, sound, obscure, sagacious formal, complete, shrewd, solid, hearty, sapient, wakeless, astute, discerning, heavy dated US
2. Unfathomed
3. Abysmal
abysmal, mysterious, esoteric, abstruse formal, recondite, inscrutable, occult, unfathomable, mystical, incomprehensible, cryptic, arcane
4. Deep-felt
deep-felt, deep-lying, deep-grounded rare
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
- adj. 2
Very deep; very serious.
- adj. 3
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough.
- adj. 4
Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading.
Related words
- Word family
- profoundly profoundness profundicate profundify profundity
Example sentences
- deep The snow is very deep here in our town in January.
- intense She was as intense in her hatreds as in her loves.
- subtle There was a subtle difference between their views.
- penetrating Helium is capable of penetrating glass.
- mysterious A mysterious spaceship was flying away from Earth.
- fundamental To keep early hours is fundamental to good health.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| profound | rising | |
| deep | rising | |
| intense | rising | |
| subtle | rising | |
| penetrating | steady | |
| mysterious | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- deep1, wise1
- 5 letters
- sound1, heavy2, solid2
- 6 letters
- strong1, subtle2, hearty2, occult2, shrewd1, astute2, arcane2
- 7 letters
- intense2, obscure2, cryptic2, cordial2, abysmal3, sapient
- 8 letters
- complete2, intimate3, thorough2, mystical3, esoteric4, abstruse2, wakeless
- 9 letters
- sagacious, recondite3, unsounded, unplumbed
- 10 letters
- mysterious4, discerning3, unfathomed
- 11 letters
- fundamental4, penetrating4, inscrutable4
- 12 letters
- unfathomable5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).