DEEP as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • literary term for an ocean
   Usage Example(s)
   • denizens of the deep
   Hypernyms(s) deep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ocean (what does ocean mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
   Synonym(s)
   • oceanic abyss (what does oceanic abyss mean?)
   • trench (what does trench mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) deep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • natural depression (what does natural depression mean?)
   • depression (what does depression mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Atacama Trench (what does Atacama Trench mean?)
   • Bougainville Trench (what does Bougainville Trench mean?)
   • Japan Trench (what does Japan Trench mean?)
   • Nares Deep (what does Nares Deep mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the central and most intense or profound part
   Usage Example(s)
   • in the deep of night
   • in the deep of winter
   Hypernyms(s) deep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • middle (what does middle mean?)

DEEP as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
   Usage Example(s)
   • deep political machinations
   • a deep plot
   Similar To
   • artful (what does artful mean?)
2. Meaning
   • strong
   • intense
   Synonym(s)
   • rich (what does rich mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • deep purple
   • a rich red
   Similar To
   • colorful (what does colorful mean?)
   • colourful (what does colourful mean?)
3. Meaning
   • very distant in time or space
   Usage Example(s)
   • deep in the past
   • deep in enemy territory
   • deep in the woods
   • a deep space probe
   Similar To
   • distant (what does distant mean?)
4. Meaning
   • 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
   Usage Example(s)
   • a deep well
   • a deep dive
   • deep water
   • a deep casserole
   • a deep gash
   • deep m
   Antonym(s)
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)
   Similar To
   • abysmal (what does abysmal mean?)
   • abyssal (what does abyssal mean?)
   • unfathomable (what does unfathomable mean?)
   • bottomless (what does bottomless mean?)
   • deep-water (what does deep-water mean?)
   • in depth(p) (what does in depth(p) mean?)
   • profound (what does profound mean?)
   • unfathomed (what does unfathomed mean?)
   • unplumbed (what does unplumbed mean?)
   • unsounded (what does unsounded mean?)
   • walk-in(a) (what does walk-in(a) mean?)
   See Also
   • unfathomable (what does unfathomable mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • depth (what does depth mean?)
5. Meaning
   • relatively deep or strong
   • affecting one deeply
   Usage Example(s)
   • a deep breath
   • a deep sigh
   • deep concentration
   • deep emotion
   • a deep trance
   • in a deep sleep
   Antonym(s)
   • shallow (what does shallow mean?)
   Similar To
   • heavy (what does heavy mean?)
   • profound (what does profound mean?)
   • sound (what does sound mean?)
   • wakeless (what does wakeless mean?)
   • profound (what does profound mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • depth (what does depth mean?)
6. Meaning
   • difficult to penetrate
   • incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
   Synonym(s)
   • abstruse (what does abstruse mean?)
   • recondite (what does recondite mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the professor’’s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
   • a deep metaphysical theory
   • some recondite problem in historiography
   Similar To
   • esoteric (what does esoteric mean?)
7. Meaning
   • of an obscure nature
   Synonym(s)
   • cryptic (what does cryptic mean?)
   • cryptical (what does cryptical mean?)
   • inscrutable (what does inscrutable mean?)
   • mysterious (what does mysterious mean?)
   • mystifying (what does mystifying mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms
   • a deep dark secret
   • the inscrutible workings of Providence
   • in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life- Rachel Carson
   • rituals t
   Similar To
   • inexplicable (what does inexplicable mean?)
   • incomprehensible (what does incomprehensible mean?)
8. Meaning
   • with head or back bent low
   Usage Example(s)
   • a deep bow
   Similar To
   • low (what does low mean?)
9. Meaning
   • having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
   Synonym(s)
   • bass (what does bass mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a deep voice
   • a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice
   • a bass clarinet
   Similar To
   • low (what does low mean?)
   • low-pitched (what does low-pitched mean?)
10. Meaning
    • large in quantity or size
    Usage Example(s)
    • deep cuts in the budget
    Similar To
    • large (what does large mean?)
    • big (what does big mean?)
11. Meaning
    • extreme
    Usage Example(s)
    • in deep trouble
    • deep happiness
    Similar To
    • intense (what does intense mean?)
12. Meaning
    • (of darkness) very intense
    Synonym(s)
    • thick (what does thick mean?)
    Usage Example(s)
    • thick night
    • thick darkness
    • a face in deep shadow
    • deep night
    Similar To
    • intense (what does intense mean?)
13. Meaning
    • marked by depth of thinking
    Usage Example(s)
    • deep thoughts
    • a deep allegory
    Similar To
    • profound (what does profound mean?)
14. Meaning
    • relatively thick from top to bottom
    Usage Example(s)
    • deep carpets
    • deep snow
    Similar To
    • thick (what does thick mean?)
15. Meaning
    • extending relatively far inward
    Usage Example(s)
    • a deep border
    Similar To
    • wide (what does wide mean?)
    • broad (what does broad mean?)

DEEP as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • to a great depth
   Synonym(s)
   • deeply (what does deeply mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • dived deeply
   • dug deep
   Pertainym(s)
   • deep (what does deep mean?)
2. Meaning
   • to far into space
   Usage Example(s)
   • penetrated deep into enemy territory
   • went deep into the woods
   Pertainym(s)
   • deep (what does deep mean?)
3. Meaning
   • to an advanced time
   Synonym(s)
   • late (what does late mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • deep into the night
   • talked late into the evening