Freud's insights into human behavior led to him being honored as a profound thinker.
Source: tatoeba (1961)
Profound
//pɹəˈfaʊnd//
Synonyms for "profound" (209 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (63)
deep-feltdeep-fixeddeep-laiddeep-lyingdeep-reachingdeep-rooteddeep-seateddeep-setdeep-settleddeep-sinkingdeep-sunkdeep-sunkendeepgoingdeepishdeepsomedefinitivedifficultdiscerningdownrighteducated
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Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (104)
intensiveintimateintolerableintricateinvolvedjumbokeenknee deepknee-deepknottyknowingknowledgeablelearnedletteredliteratemammothmightymonstermonstrousmonumental
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mountainousmysteriousmysticalmystifyingobscureoccultout-and-outoutrightoverpoweringoverwhelmingpansophicpenetratingperfectpervadingpiercingpoignantpolyhistoricpolymathpolymathicpositivepreciouspressingprodigiouspronouncedproperpuzzlingradicalrankreconditeregularresonantsagacioussagesapientscholarlyscholasticsecretsharpshatteringshockingsinceresoulfulstarkstark-staringstrongstudiousstupendoussubtlesuperlativesurpassingterriblethe veriestthoroughthoroughgoingthoughtfultitanictotaltoweringtranscendentaltremendoustrickyunbearableunconscionableundeniableunequivocalunfathomableunfathomedunmitigatedunqualifiedunrelievedunspoileduttervastwakelesswell-informedwell-readwisewise as solomon
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3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
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9 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 27 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- diep adj (descending below the surface)
- wys adj (intellectually deep)
Bulgarian
3 entries- дълбок adj (descending below the surface)
- дълбок adj (characterized by intensity)
- проникновен adj (intellectually deep)
Czech
2 entries- hluboký adj (intellectually deep)
- oduševnělý adj (intellectually deep)
Dutch
4 entries- diep adj (descending below the surface)
- diepgaand adj (descending below the surface)
- diepgaand adj (characterized by intensity)
- wijs adj (intellectually deep)
Esperanto
1 entries- profunda adj (intellectually deep)
Finnish
4 entries- perusteellinen adj (characterized by intensity)
- syvä adj (descending below the surface)
- syvällinen adj (intellectually deep)
- syväluotaava adj (intellectually deep)
French
2 entries- profond adj (descending below the surface)
- profond adj (intellectually deep)
German
2 entries- tiefgehend adj (descending below the surface)
- tiefgehend adj (intellectually deep)
Greek
4 entries- έντονος adj (characterized by intensity)
- βαθυστόχαστος adj (intellectually deep)
- βαθύς adj (descending below the surface)
- βαθύς adj (bending low)
Hindi
1 entries- गहन adj (intellectually deep)
Hungarian
4 entries- alapos adj (characterized by intensity)
- beható adj (intellectually deep)
- magvas adj (intellectually deep)
- mély adj (descending below the surface)
Italian
3 entries- profondo adj (descending below the surface)
- profondo adj (intellectually deep)
- profondo adj (characterized by intensity)
Korean
1 entries- 심오한 adj (intellectually deep)
Macedonian
1 entries- длабок adj (descending below the surface)
Malay
1 entries- mendalam adj (intellectually deep)
Māori
1 entries- hōhonu adj (intellectually deep)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دریڭ adj (descending below the surface)
- دریڭ adj (intellectually deep)
Persian
2 entries- عمیق adj (descending below the surface)
- عمیق adj (intellectually deep)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- deep (nds) adj (intellectually deep)
Polish
1 entries- głęboki adj (intellectually deep)
Portuguese
3 entries- profundo adj (descending below the surface)
- profundo adj (intellectually deep)
- profundo adj (characterized by intensity)
Romanian
4 entries- adânc adj (intellectually deep)
- care e în adânc adj (descending below the surface)
- profund adj (descending below the surface)
- profund adj (intellectually deep)
Russian
4 entries- глубо́кий adj (descending below the surface)
- глубо́кий adj (intellectually deep)
- глубо́кий adj (characterized by intensity)
- му́дрый adj (intellectually deep)
Spanish
3 entries- profundo adj (descending below the surface)
- profundo adj (intellectually deep)
- profundo adj (characterized by intensity)
Turkish
2 entries- derin adj (descending below the surface)
- derin adj (intellectually deep)
Ukrainian
2 entries- глибо́кий adj (intellectually deep)
- ґрунто́вний adj (intellectually deep)
Welsh
3 entries- dwfn adj (descending below the surface)
- dwfn adj (intellectually deep)
- dwfn adj (characterized by intensity)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
I feel profound sympathy for the victims.
Source: tatoeba (20047)
That made a profound impression on me.
Source: tatoeba (42302)
I felt profound reverence for the courageous mother.
Source: tatoeba (43534)
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