Synonyms: deep
Definition: literary term for an ocean
Usage: denizens of the deep
Similar words: ocean
Definition: a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
Synonyms: trench, oceanic abyss, deep
Definition: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
Similar words: natural depression, depression
Definition: a sunken or depressed geological formation
Synonyms: deep
Definition: the central and most intense or profound part
Usage: in the deep of night; in the deep of winter
Similar words: middle
Definition: time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
Usage: the middle of the war; rain during the middle of April
Synonyms: deep
Definition: exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
Usage: deep political machinations; a deep plot
Similar words: artful
Definition: marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
Usage: the artful dodger; an artful choice of metaphors
Definition: strong; intense
Usage: deep purple; a rich red
Synonyms: deep
Definition: very distant in time or space
Usage: deep in the past; deep in enemy territory; deep in the woods; a deep space probe
Similar words: distant
Definition: separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
Usage: distant villages; the sound of distant traffic; a distant sound; a distant telephone call
Synonyms: deep
Definition: having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
Usage: a deep well; a deep dive; deep water; a deep casserole; a deep gash; deep massage; deep pressure receptors in muscles; deep shelves; a deep closet; surrounded by a deep yard; hit the ball to deep center field; in deep space; waist-deep
Similar words: abysmal, abyssal, unfathomable
Definition: resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
Usage: the abyssal depths of the ocean
Similar words: bottomless
Definition: extremely deep
Usage: a bottomless pit; a bottomless lake
Similar words: deep-water
Definition: of or carried on in waters of great depth
Usage: a deep-water port
Similar words: 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
Similar words: walk-in
Definition: (of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter
Usage: a deep walk-in refrigerator; walk-in closets
Synonyms: deep
Definition: relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
Usage: a deep breath; a deep sigh; deep concentration; deep emotion; a deep trance; in a deep sleep
Similar words: 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
Similar words: profound
Definition: coming from deep within one
Usage: a profound sigh
Synonyms: abstruse, recondite, deep
Definition: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
Usage: the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them; a deep metaphysical theory; some recondite problem in historiography
Similar words: esoteric
Definition: confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle
Usage: a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories
Synonyms: inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, cryptic, cryptical, deep
Definition: of an obscure nature
Usage: the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms; a deep dark secret; the inscrutable workings of Providence; in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life- Rachel Carson; rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands
Similar words: inexplicable, incomprehensible
Definition: incapable of being explained or accounted for
Usage: inexplicable errors; left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons
Synonyms: deep
Definition: with head or back bent low
Usage: a deep bow
Similar words: low
Definition: literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
Usage: low ceilings; low clouds; low hills; the sun is low; low furniture; a low bow
Definition: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
Usage: a deep voice; a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice; a bass clarinet
Similar words: low, low-pitched
Definition: used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
Synonyms: deep
Definition: large in quantity or size
Usage: deep cuts in the budget
Definition: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
Usage: a large city; set out for the big city; a large sum; a big (or large) barn; a large family; big businesses; a big expenditure; a large number of newspapers; a big group of scientists; large areas of the world
Synonyms: deep
Definition: extreme
Usage: in deep trouble; deep happiness
Similar words: intense
Definition: possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
Usage: intense heat; intense anxiety; intense desire; intense emotion; the skunk's intense acrid odor; intense pain; enemy fire was intense
Definition: (of darkness) very intense
Usage: thick night; thick darkness; a face in deep shadow; deep night
Similar words: intense
Definition: possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
Usage: intense heat; intense anxiety; intense desire; intense emotion; the skunk's intense acrid odor; intense pain; enemy fire was intense
Synonyms: deep
Definition: marked by depth of thinking
Usage: deep thoughts; a deep allegory
Similar words: 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
Synonyms: deep
Definition: relatively thick from top to bottom
Usage: deep carpets; deep snow
Similar words: thick
Definition: not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
Usage: an inch thick; a thick board; a thick sandwich; spread a thick layer of butter; thick coating of dust; thick warm blankets
Synonyms: deep
Definition: extending relatively far inward
Usage: a deep border
Definition: having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
Usage: wide roads; a wide necktie; wide margins; three feet wide; a river two miles broad; broad shoulders; a broad river