Meaning of 'deep'

adverb

to a great depth

Synonyms: deeply

adverb

to a great distance

Example: "penetrated deep into enemy territory"

adverb

to an advanced time

Example: "deep into the night"

Synonyms: late

adjective

exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

Example: "deep political machinations"

adjective

strong

Synonyms: rich

adjective

very distant in time or space

Example: "deep in the past"

adjective

having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center

adjective

relatively deep or strong

Example: "affecting one deeply"

adjective

difficult to penetrate

Synonyms: abstruse recondite

adjective

of an obscure nature

Synonyms: cryptic cryptical mysterious inscrutable mystifying

adjective

with head or back bent low

Example: "a deep bow"

adjective

having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

Example: "a deep voice"

Synonyms: bass

adjective

large in quantity or size

Example: "deep cuts in the budget"

adjective

extreme

Example: "in deep trouble"

Synonyms: all-fired

adjective

very intense darkness

Example: "The deep blue shirt looked almost black in the dim lighting."

Synonyms: thick

adjective

marked by depth of thinking

Example: "deep thoughts"

adjective

relatively thick from top to bottom

Example: "deep carpets"

adjective

extending relatively far inward

Example: "a deep border"

noun

literary term for an ocean

Example: "denizens of the deep"

noun

a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

Synonyms: trench oceanic abyss

noun

the central and most intense or profound part

Example: "in the deep of night"