profound

profound is a 8-letter English word with 14 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.
2. adjective. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.
3. adjective. Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading; overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a profound sleep.
4. adjective. Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
5. noun. The deep; the sea; the ocean.
6. noun. An abyss.
7. transitive verb. To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down.
8. intransitive verb. To dive deeply; to penetrate.
9. adjective. situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed-Thomas Gray

   "the profound depths of the sea"

   "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"

   Synonyms: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded

10. adjective. (of sleep) deep and complete

    "a heavy sleep"

    "fell into a profound sleep"

    Synonyms: heavy, sound, wakeless

11. adjective. coming from deep within one

    "a profound sigh"

12. adjective. of the greatest intensity; complete

    "a profound silence"

    "a state of profound shock"

13. adjective. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

    "the differences are profound"

    "a profound insight"

14. adjective. 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"

    Synonyms: fundamental

Synonyms

unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded, heavy, sound, wakeless, fundamental

Common word forms

profounds, profounder, profoundly, profoundest, profoundness

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for PROFOUND lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.