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noun
The quality of being profound; profundity
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: profundity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: depth
noun
the quality of being physically deep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: deepness, profundity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: depth, deepness
Narrower terms: bottomlessness
noun
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: astuteness, profundity, depth, deepness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wisdom, sapience
noun
wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: reconditeness, abstruseness, abstrusity, profundity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wisdom
noun
extremeness of degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ultimacy, ultimateness
History
From Middle English profoundnesse, equivalent to profound + -ness.
