profundity
Meanings
Plural: profundities
Noun
- wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound
- intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc
- the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
- the quality of being physically deep
- "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile"
- The state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity.
- Deep intellect or insight.
- A great depth; a deep place.
- Depth; the state of possessing great downwards extent.
Origin / Etymology
Inherited from Middle English profundite, from Middle French profondite or its etymon Latin profunditās; by surface analysis, prof(o)und + ity. Compare profoundness.
Synonyms
abstruseness, abstrusity, astuteness, deepness, depth, profoundness, reconditeness
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 19
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