noun
1. the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
• Syn: ↑astuteness, ↑profundity, ↑profoundness, ↑depth
• Derivationally related forms: ↑deep, ↑profound (for: ↑profoundness), ↑profound (for: ↑profundity)
2. the quality of being physically deep
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the profundity of the mine was almost a mile
• Syn: ↑profundity, ↑profoundness
• Ant: ↑shallowness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑profound (for: ↑profoundness), ↑profound (for: ↑profundity), ↑deep
• Hypernyms: ↑depth
• Hyponyms: ↑bottomlessness
3. the extent downward or backward or inward
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the depth of the water
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depth of a shelf
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depth of a closet
• Syn: ↑depth
• Hypernyms: ↑extent
• Hyponyms:
4. a low pitch that is loud and voluminous
• Derivationally related forms: ↑deep
• Hypernyms: ↑low pitch, ↑low frequency
Useful english dictionary. 2012.