deep - Definition | Dictionary definition of deep

Definition of deep

Adjectives

relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

"a deep breath"

"a deep sigh"

"deep concentration"

"deep emotion"

"a deep trance"

"in a deep sleep"

Synonyms:: heavy, profound, sound, wakeless
(of sleep) deep and complete

Antonyms:: shallow
not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply; light, wakeful
(of sleep) easily disturbed; show more antonyms...

marked by depth of thinking

"deep thoughts"

"a deep allegory"

Synonyms:: profound
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination

"a deep well"

"a deep dive"

"deep water"

"a deep casserole"

"a deep gash"

"deep massage"

"deep pressure receptors in muscles"

"deep shelves"

"a deep closet"

"surrounded by a deep yard"

"hit the ball to deep center field"

"in deep space"

"waist-deep"

Synonyms:: unfathomable
of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured; abysmal, abyssal
resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable; bottomless
extremely deep; deep-water
of or carried on in waters of great depth; profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded
situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; walk-in
(of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter

Antonyms:: shallow
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; ankle-deep, knee-deep
coming only to the ankle or knee; fordable
shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle; neritic
relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast; reefy, shelfy, shelvy, shoaly
full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals; show more antonyms...

very distant in time or space

"deep in the past"

"deep in enemy territory"

"deep in the woods"

"a deep space probe"

Synonyms:: distant
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

extreme

"in deep trouble"

"deep happiness"

Synonyms:: intense
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

"a deep voice"

Synonyms:: bass; low, low-pitched
used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

strong; intense

"deep purple"

Synonyms:: rich; colorful, colourful
having striking color

relatively thick from top to bottom

"deep carpets"

"deep snow"

Synonyms:: thick
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions

extending relatively far inward

"a deep border"

Synonyms:: broad, wide
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

(of darkness) very intense

"a face in deep shadow"

"deep night"

Synonyms:: thick; intense
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree

large in quantity or size

"deep cuts in the budget"

Synonyms:: big, large
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

with head or back bent low

"a deep bow"

Synonyms:: low
literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension

of an obscure nature

"a deep dark secret"

Synonyms:: cryptic, cryptical, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying; incomprehensible, inexplicable
incapable of being explained or accounted for

difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

"a deep metaphysical theory"

Synonyms:: abstruse, recondite; esoteric
confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

"deep political machinations"

"a deep plot"

Synonyms:: artful
marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft

Nouns

the central and most intense or profound part

"in the deep of night"

"in the deep of winter"

Type of:: middle
time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period

a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

Synonyms:: oceanic abyss, trench

Examples:: show 4 examples...; hide 4 examples...; Atacama Trench
a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile; Bougainville Trench
a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; Japan Trench
a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet; Nares Deep
a depression in the floor of the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Haiti and Puerto Rico