profound - Definition | Dictionary definition of profound

Definition of profound

showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

"the differences are profound"

"a profound insight"

"a profound book"

"a profound mind"

"profound contempt"

"profound regret"

Synonyms:: intense
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; scholarly
characteristic of scholars or scholarship; deep
marked by depth of thinking; thoughtful
having intellectual depth

Antonyms:: superficial
concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; careless
marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful; outward
relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; frivolous
not serious in content or attitude or behavior; apparent, ostensible, seeming
appearing as such but not necessarily so; dilettante, dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolistic
showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; facile
arrived at without due care or effort; lacking depth; glib
marked by lack of intellectual depth; looking, sounding
appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; shallow
lacking depth of intellect or knowledge; concerned only with what is obvious; skin-deep
penetrating no deeper than the skin: "her beauty is only skin-deep"; show more antonyms...

of the greatest intensity; complete

"a profound silence"

"a state of profound shock"

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

far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something

"profound social changes"

Synonyms:: fundamental; important, significant
important in effect or meaning

coming from deep within one

"a profound sigh"

(of sleep) deep and complete

"fell into a profound sleep"

Synonyms:: heavy, sound, wakeless; deep
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed

"the profound depths of the sea"

Synonyms:: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded; deep
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