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Definition of profound

adjective:

• showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; "the differences are profound", "a profound insight", "a profound book", "a profound mind", "profound contempt", "profound regret". Antonyms: superficial.
• 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; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred", "the book underwent fundamental changes", "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance", "profound social changes". Synonyms: fundamental.
• coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh".
• (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep", "fell into a profound sleep", "a sound sleeper", "deep wakeless sleep". Synonyms: heavy, sound, wakeless.
• 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", "unplumbed depths of the sea", "remote and unsounded caverns". Synonyms: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded.

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abound, aground, around, astound, bound, browned, compound, confound, confound, crowned, expound, found, ground, hound, impound, inbound, lb, mound, newfound, pound.