deep

nouns

the central and most intense or profound part
"in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter"
deep
is a type of (narrower)
time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
"the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"
middle
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
deep, oceanic abyss, trench
literary term for an ocean
"denizens of the deep"
deep
is a type of (narrower)
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
ocean

adjectives

relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
"a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep"
deep
antonym
shallow
is similar to
(of sleep) deep and complete
"a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
heavy, profound, sound, wakeless
is similar to
coming from deep within one
"a profound sigh"
profound
is an attribute of
the extent downward or backward or inward
"the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"
deepness, depth
marked by depth of thinking
"deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory"
deep
is derived from
deepness
is similar to
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth
"the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
profound
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
"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"
deep
is derived from
deepness
antonym
shallow
is similar to
resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
"the abyssal depths of the ocean"
abysmal, abyssal, unfathomable
is similar to
extremely deep
"a bottomless pit"; "a bottomless lake"
bottomless
is similar to
of or carried on in waters of great depth
"a deep-water port"
deep-water
is similar to
situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
"the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns"
profound, unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded
is similar to
(of e.g. closets or refrigerators) extending very far enough back to allow a person to enter
"a deep walk-in refrigerator"; "walk-in closets"
walk-in
see also
of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured
unfathomable
is an attribute of
the extent downward or backward or inward
"the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"
deepness, depth
very distant in time or space
"deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"
deep
is similar to
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
"distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a distant sound"; "a distant telephone call"
distant
extreme
"in deep trouble"; "deep happiness"
deep
is similar to
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
"intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
intense
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
"a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"
bass, deep
is derived from
deepness
strong; intense
"deep purple"; "a rich red"
deep, rich
relatively thick from top to bottom
"deep carpets"; "deep snow"
deep
is derived from
deepness
is similar to
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
"an inch thick"; "a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm blankets"
thick
extending relatively far inward
"a deep border"
deep
is similar to
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
"wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
broad, wide
(of darkness) very intense
"thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
deep, thick
large in quantity or size
"deep cuts in the budget"
deep
is similar to
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
"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"
big, large
with head or back bent low
"a deep bow"
deep
is similar to
literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
"low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow"
low
of an obscure nature
"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"
cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
"the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
abstruse, deep, recondite
exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
"deep political machinations"; "a deep plot"
deep
is similar to
marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
"the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
artful

adverbs

to a great depth;far down
"dived deeply"; "dug deep"
deep, deeply
to an advanced time
"deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening"
deep, late
to a great distance
"penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods"
deep