Antonyms for profound

Antonyms for (adj) profound

Main entry: profound

Definition: showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

Usage: the differences are profound; a profound insight; a profound book; a profound mind; profound contempt; profound regret

Antonyms: superficial

Definition: concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually


Antonyms: shallow

Definition: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center


Antonyms: shallow

Definition: not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply


Antonyms: thoughtless

Definition: showing lack of careful thought


Main entry: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded, profound

Definition: situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed

Usage: the profound depths of the sea; the dark unfathomed caves of ocean-Thomas Gray; unplumbed depths of the sea; remote and unsounded caverns

Antonyms: shallow

Definition: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center


Antonyms: shallow

Definition: not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply


Main entry: profound, wakeless, heavy, sound

Definition: (of sleep) deep and complete

Usage: a heavy sleep; fell into a profound sleep; a sound sleeper; deep wakeless sleep

Antonyms: shallow

Definition: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center


Antonyms: shallow

Definition: not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply


Main entry: profound

Definition: coming from deep within one

Usage: a profound sigh

Antonyms: shallow

Definition: lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center


Antonyms: shallow

Definition: not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply


Main entry: profound

Definition: of the greatest intensity; complete

Usage: a profound silence; a state of profound shock

Antonyms: mild

Definition: moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme


Main entry: fundamental, profound

Definition: far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something

Usage: 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

Antonyms: insignificant, unimportant

Definition: devoid of importance, meaning, or force


Antonyms: nonsignificant

Definition: attributable to chance


Antonyms: unimportant

Definition: not important


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