Deep
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English
Adjective
Deep (comparative Deeper, superlative Deepest)
- (of a hole, water, ravine, cut, etc) Having its bottom far down.
- Profound, having great meaning or import, but possibly obscure or not obvious.
- To a significant, not superficial, extent.
- In extent in a direction away from the observer.
- In a number of rows or layers:
- Thick.
- Voluminous.
- (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
- (of a color) Dark and highly saturated.
- A long way inside; situated far in or back.
- (cricket, baseball): of a fielding position near the boundary, or closer to the boundary than one being compared to.
- (sports, soccer, tennis) A long way forward
- (American football) Relatively farther downfield.
- (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken)
- Immersed, submerged (in).
Adverb
Deep (comparative more Deep, superlative most Deep)
Noun
Deep (uncountable)- (literary, with "the") (meaning 1 above) part of a lake, sea, etc.
- (US) (rare) The deep (meaning 2 above) part of a problem.
- (with "the"): the sea, the ocean
- (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.
Adjectives for Deep
restless; violet; over-brimming; mystic; uncreated; populous; airy; avenging; waveless; unfathomable; glimmering; laughing; lonely; vasty; waiting; blue; windless; lethal; boundless lower; muffled; sunnier; sacred; regal quiet; lampless; charmed; wind-obeying shuddering; dreary; tranquil; unsounded dangerous; mid-sea; transparent; unclosing; immeasurable; presumptuous; unnatural; tempest-wrinkled; dark-blue; innumerable (plural); murmuring; voiceless; remorseless; finny; unapparent.
Verbs for Deep
abound in—; ambush from—; cast into— conceal in—; delve in—; draw into—s fill—; gaze at—; hide in—; lower to— pierce—; pursue through—; recede into— thunder in—; venture from—; —engulfs; —resounds.
Adverbs for Deep
abysmally; inscrutably; mysteriously; unfathomably; quietly; immeasurably; profoundly; immensely; dangerously; hideously; prodigiously; wondrously; obviously; enormously; astonishingly; unutterably; fabulously; curiously; amazingly.
Synonyms for Deep
- (of a hole, water, etc):
- (having great meaning): heavy, meaningful, profound
- (in extent in a direction away from the observer): far
- (thick in a vertical direction): thick
- (voluminous): great, large, voluminous
- (low in pitch): low, low-pitched
- (of a color, dark and highly saturated): bright, rich, vivid
- below, beneath, abysmal, bottomless, subterranean, submerged, abstruse, learned, designing, scheming, low-toned, artful, insidious, contriving, penetrating.
Antonyms for Deep
- (of a hole, water, etc): shallow
- (having great meaning): frivolous, light, shallow, superficial
- (in extent in a direction away from the observer): shallow
- (thick in a vertical direction): shallow, thin
- (voluminous): shallow, small
- (low in pitch): high, high-pitched, piping
- (of a color, dark and highly saturated): light, pale, desaturated, washed-out
- superficial, ignorant, unintelligent, unintellectual, flighty, artless, frivolous.
Thesaurus
absorbed, absorbing, abstract, abstracted, abstruse, abysm, abysmal, abyss, abyssal, abyssal zone, acute, ample, amplitudinous, ankle-deep, arcane, arch, ardent, artful, astute, at bottom, at the core, baritone, bass, big drink, blue, blue water, booming, bottom waters, bottomless, bottomless depths, brine, briny, broad, broad-minded, cagey, canny, capacious, cavity, centered, central, chasm, civilized, clever, colored, commodious, complex, complicated, comprehensive, concealed, concentrated, consequential, considerable, contralto, contriving, crafty, crater, crevasse, cultivated, cultured, cunning, cute, dark, deceitful, deep-colored, deep-cut, deep-down, deep-echoing, deep-engraven, deep-felt, deep-fixed, deep-laid, deep-lying, deep-pitched, deep-reaching, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, deep-sinking, deep-sunk, deep-sunken, deep-toned, deepgoing, deepish, deeply, depth, designing, devious, difficult, diplomatic, discerning, drink, dyed, earnest, earnestly, educated, encyclopedic, engaged, engrossed, erudite, esoteric, exhaustive, expansive, extended, extending, extensive, far-reaching, feline, fervent, fixed, foxy, full, full-colored, grand, grave, great, ground, guileful, gulf, hard, heartfelt, heavily, heavy, hermetic, hidden, high sea, high seas, hole, hollow, homefelt, hued, hydrosphere, imbued, immersed, impenetrable, in Technicolor, in color, incomprehensible, indelible, indoor, infinite, ingenious, inmost, inner, inner space, innermost, inscrutable, inside, insidious, intense, intensely, intent, interior, internal, intestine, intimate, into, intricate, intriguing, intrinsic, inventive, involved, inward, irresistible, keen, knee-deep, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, lost, low, low-pitched, main, main sea, maximum, mighty, mysterious, mystical, obscure, occult, occupied, ocean, penetrating, perspicacious, pervading, piercing, pit, plenary, plotting, poignant, politic, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, powerful, preoccupied, profound, profoundly, rapt, ready, recondite, resonant, resounding, resourceful, rich, roomy, rumbling, sagacious, sage, salt sea, salt water, sapient, scheming, scholarly, scholastic, sea, secret, sepulchral, serious, serpentine, set, shaft, sharp, shifty, shrewd, sincere, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sonorous, sophistical, spacious, spreading, stained, stealthy, strategic, strong, studious, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, thalassa, the bounding main, the brine, the briny, the briny deep, the deep, the deep sea, the deeps, the depths, the seven seas, the vasty deep, tide, tinct, tinctured, tinged, tinted, toned, total, transcendental, trench, tricky, unfathomable, vast, voluminous, vulpine, wary, wash-colored, weighty, well, wide, widespread, wily, wise, wise as Solomon, wrapped, wrapped up, yawning, yawning abyss
