Profound

Adjective

 * 1) Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
 * A gulf profound. John Milton.
 * 1) Very deep; very serious
 * 2) Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
 * 3) Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
 * Profound sciatica. Shakespeare
 * Of the profound corruption of this class there can be no doubt. Milman.
 * 1) Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
 * What humble gestures! What profound reverence! Dupp.

Noun

 * 1)  The deep; the sea; the ocean.
 * God in the fathomless profound Hath all this choice commanders drowned. Sandys.
 * 1)  An abyss.

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
 * 2)  To dive deeply; to penetrate.

Adverbs for Profound
mystically; abstrusely; obscurely; pedantically; eruditely; theologically; provokingly; prosaically; gravely; admittedly; politically; sagaciously; distinctly; shrewdly; keenly; astutely; rationally; impartially; thoughtfully; perspicaciously; oracularly; impressively; amazingly; inscrutably; doctrinally.

Thesaurus
Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, absolute, absorbing, abstract, abstruse, abysmal, acute, analytical, ankle-deep, arcane, arrant, astronomic, astute, awful, broad-minded, cabbalistic, civilized, classical, colossal, complete, consummate, crass, cryptic, cultivated, cultured, decided, deep, deep-cut, deep-down, deep-engraven, deep-felt, deep-fixed, deep-laid, deep-lying, deep-reaching, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, deep-sinking, deep-sunk, deep-sunken, deepgoing, deepish, deepsome, definitive, discerning, downright, educated, egregious, elephantine, encyclopedic, enigmatic, enormous, epic, erudite, esoteric, extreme, flagrant, giant, giantlike, gigantic, glaring, great, gross, hard, heartfelt, heavy, hermetic, heroic, hidden, homefelt, huge, immense, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indelible, infinite, informed, inscrutable, insightful, intellectual, intense, intolerable, intricate, involved, jumbo, keen, knee-deep, knotty, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, mammoth, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, mysterious, mystifying, obscure, occult, out-and-out, outright, overpowering, overwhelming, pansophic, penetrating, perfect, pervading, piercing, poignant, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, positive, precious, prodigious, pronounced, proper, puzzling, rank, recondite, regular, sagacious, sage, sapient, scholarly, scholastic, secret, sharp, shattering, shocking, sincere, stark, stark-staring, studious, stupendous, subtle, superlative, surpassing, terrible, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, titanic, total, towering, transcendental, tremendous, tricky, unbearable, unconscionable, undeniable, unequivocal, unfathomable, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unspoiled, utter, vast, well-informed, well-read, wise, wise as Solomon

Etymology
Late profound: <  profont: <  profundus:, from pro-: + fundus:.

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 * French: profond
 * German: tief, profund
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 * Romanian: profund
 * Swedish: djupsinnig, klartänkt, skarpsinnig

Related terms

 * profundity
 * profoundness