TidyData WordsBrowse A–Z

deep

/dˈip/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

adjective

  1. relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
    “a deep breath”
  2. marked by depth of thinking
    “deep thoughts”
  3. 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”
  4. very distant in time or space
    “deep in the past”
  5. intense or extreme
    “in deep trouble”
  6. having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
    “a deep voice”
  7. strong; intense
    “deep purple”
  8. relatively thick from top to bottom
    “deep carpets”
  9. extending relatively far inward
    “a deep border”
  10. (of darkness) densely dark
    “thick night”
  11. large in quantity or size
    “deep cuts in the budget”
  12. with head or back bent low
    “a deep bow”

adverb

  1. to a great depth; far down or in
    “dived deeply”
  2. to an advanced time
    “deep into the night”
  3. to a great distance
    “penetrated deep into enemy territory”

noun

  1. the central and most intense or profound part
    “in the deep of night”
  2. a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
  3. literary term for an ocean
    “denizens of the deep”

Synonyms for deep

Antonyms of deep

Words that rhyme with deep

Developers: get definitions, synonyms, antonyms, rhymes and pronunciation for 147,000 words as JSON with the English Dictionary API (free trial).