profound | Definition of profound

Synonyms and Antonyms of profound

1 difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand

a profound observation about good and evil that few listeners fully grasped

Synonyms of profound

abstruse, arcane, deep, esoteric, hermetic (also hermetical), recondite

Words Related to profound

erudite, learned, scholarly

academic (also academical), pedantic

complex, complicated, hard

darkling, enigmatic (also enigmatical), inscrutable, mysterious, mystic, mystical, orphic, uncanny

impenetrable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, unintelligible

ambiguous, cryptic

unanswerable, unknowable

baffling, bewildering, confounding, confusing, disorienting, mystifying, perplexing, puzzling

Near Antonyms of profound

easy, facile, simple, straightforward

comprehensible, fathomable, intelligible, understandable

apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, lucid, manifest, obvious, perspicuous, plain, transparent

Antonyms of profound

shallow, superficial

2 extreme in degree, power, or effect

a profound silence fell over the audience after the last note had sounded

Synonyms of profound

acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating, explosive, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, fierce, frightful, furious, ghastly, hard, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intense, intensive, keen, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent

Words Related to profound

accentuated, aggravated, concentrated, deepened

emphasized, enhanced, heightened, intensified, magnified

exhaustive, thorough

harsh, rigorous, severe

Near Antonyms of profound

shallow, superficial

moderated, qualified

alleviated, eased, lightened, toned (down)

abated, decreased, diminished, lessened, reduced, subdued

Antonyms of profound

light, moderate, soft

3 having no exceptions or restrictions

a profound dislike of frauds and phonies

Synonyms of profound

absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern & Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated