profound

Meanings

• showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
  • "the differences are profound"
  • "a profound insight"
  • "a profound book"
  • "a profound mind"
  • "profound contempt"
  • "profound regret"
• of the greatest intensity; complete
  • "a profound silence"
  • "a state of profound shock"
• far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
  • "profound social changes"
• coming from deep within one
  • "a profound sigh"
• (of sleep) deep and complete
  • "fell into a profound sleep"
• situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; ; -Thomas Gray
  • "the profound depths of the sea"

Synonyms

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