profound meaning and definition

PROFOUND adjective

Definition of profound (adjective)

1. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
   • "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
   • antonym: superficial
2. of the greatest intensity; complete
   • "a profound silence"; "a state of profound shock"
3. far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
   • "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"
   • synonyms: fundamental
4. coming from deep within one
   • "a profound sigh"
5. (of sleep) deep and complete
   • "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
   • synonyms: heavy, sound, wakeless
6. situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
   • "the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns"
   • synonyms: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded