English noun: profundity | |||
1. | profundity (cognition) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | ||
Samples | The anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs. | ||
Synonyms | abstruseness, abstrusity, profoundness, reconditeness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | wisdom | ||
2. | profundity (attribute) intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc | ||
Samples | The depth of my feeling. The profoundness of the silence. | ||
Synonyms | profoundness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | depth | ||
Antonyms | shallowness, superficiality | ||
3. | profundity (cognition) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas | ||
Synonyms | astuteness, deepness, depth, profoundness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sapience, wisdom | ||
4. | profundity (attribute) the quality of being physically deep | ||
Samples | The profundity of the mine was almost a mile. | ||
Synonyms | deepness, profoundness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deepness, depth | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bottomlessness | ||
Antonyms | shallowness | ||