profundity

profundity
Synonyms and related words:
Sophia, abstruseness, abyss, acumen, ampleness, astuteness, bigness, bottomlessness, broad-mindedness, broadness, capaciousness, complexity, complication, comprehensiveness, copiousness, crabbedness, crampedness, deep-downness, deep-rootedness, deep-seatedness, deepness, depth, difficulty, discernment, erudition, esoterica, expansiveness, extensiveness, extreme innerness, fathomlessness, generousness, good understanding, grandeur, grandiosity, grandness, greatness, hardness, incomprehensibility, indecipherability, inscrutability, interiority, intricacy, involvement, keenness, knottiness, knowledgeability, largeness, mellow wisdom, obscurity, plumblessness, profoundness, reconditeness, ripe wisdom, sagacity, sageness, sapience, scholarliness, scholarship, seasoned understanding, sharpness, sound understanding, spaciousness, subterraneity, subtlety, tallness, wideness, wisdom, wiseness

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  • Profundity — Pro*fun di*ty, n.; pl. { ties}. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See {Profound}.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. The vast profundity obscure. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • profundity — index sagacity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • profundity — (n.) late 15c., from O.Fr. profundite (Mod.Fr. profondité), from L.L. profunditas depth, from profundus (see PROFOUND (Cf. profound)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • profundity — [prō fun′də tē, prəfun′də tē] n. pl. profundities [ME profundite < MFr < LL profunditas] 1. depth, esp. great depth 2. intellectual depth 3. a profound idea, matter, etc …   English World dictionary

  • profundity — [[t]prəfʌ̱ndɪti[/t]] profundities 1) N UNCOUNT Profundity is great intellectual depth and understanding. The profundity of this book is achieved with breathtaking lightness. Syn: depth 2) N UNCOUNT: usu N of n If you refer to the profundity of a… …   English dictionary

  • profundity — noun formal 1 (U) the quality of knowing and understanding a lot, or having strong, serious feelings: a young woman of extraordinary profundity | Fairy tales have a profundity absent in most children s literature. 2 (countable usually plural)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • profundity — pro|fun|di|ty [prəˈfʌndıti] n plural profundities formal 1.) [U] when someone or something shows great knowledge and understanding, or strong, serious feelings = ↑depth ▪ The cartoon version lacks the profundity of the original text. 2.) [C… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • profundity — pro|fun|di|ty [ prə fʌndəti ] noun uncount FORMAL 1. ) the quality of being very wise and serious 2. ) seriousness or importance: the profundity of these social changes …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • profundity — UK [prəˈfʌndətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] formal 1) the quality of being very wise and serious 2) seriousness, or importance the profundity of these social changes …   English dictionary

  • profundity — profound ► ADJECTIVE (profounder, profoundest) 1) very great or intense. 2) showing great knowledge or insight. 3) demanding deep study or thought. 4) archaic very deep. DERIVATIVES profoundly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • profundity — noun 1. wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound (Freq. 1) the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs • Syn: ↑reconditeness, ↑abstruseness, ↑abstrusity, ↑profoundness • Derivationally related forms …   Useful english dictionary

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