| Main Entry: | depth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distance down or across |
Synonyms: |
base, bottom, declination, deepness, draft, drop, expanse, extent, fathomage, intensity, lower register, lowness, measure, measurement, pit, pitch, profoundness, profundity, remoteness, sounding |
Antonyms: |
height |
| Main Entry: | depth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insight, wisdom |
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acuity, acumen, astuteness, brain, discernment, intellect, intelligence, keenness, penetration, profoundness, profundity, sagacity, sense, sharpness, weightiness |
| Concept: | Depth. |
| Category: | 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
depth; deepness; profundity, depression (concavity)., hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater; gulf; bowels of the earth, botttomless pit, hell., soundings, depth of water, water, draught, submersion; plummet, sound, probe; sounding rod, sounding line; lead.
-verbs
be deep; render deep; deepen., plunge; sound, heave the lead, take soundings; dig (excavate).
-adjectives
deep, deep seated; profound, sunk, burried; submerged; subaqueous, submarine, subterranean, subterrene; underground., bottomless, soundless, fathomless; unfathomed, unfathomable; abysmal; deep as a well; bathycolpian; benthal, benthopelagic; downreaching, yawning., knee deep, ankle deep.
-adverbs
beyond one's depth, out of one's depth; over head and ears.
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Antonyms: |
shallowness |
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| Main Entry: | abyss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something very deep, usually a feature of land |
Synonyms: |
abysm, chasm, crevasse, depth, fissure, gorge, gulf, hole, pit, void |
| Main Entry: | bottom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation |
Synonyms: |
base, basement, basis, bed, bedrock, belly, deepest part, depths, floor, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, lowest part, nadir, nether portion, pedestal, pediment, rest, seat, sole, substratum, substructure, support, terra firma, underbelly, underneath, underside |
Antonyms: |
top |
| Main Entry: | bowels |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insides |
Synonyms: |
belly, core, deep, depths, entrails, guts, hold, innards, interior, intestines, penetralia, recesses, viscera, vitals |
| Main Entry: | dimensions/dimension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | proportions; range |
Synonyms: |
admeasurement, ambit, amplitude, bigness, bulk, capacity, compass, depth, dimensionality, extension, extensity, extent, greatness, height, importance, largeness, length, magnitude, measure, measurement, reach, scale, scope, size, volume, width |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | steep decline; hole |
Synonyms: |
abyss, chasm, declivity, deepness, depth, descent, dip, fall, plunge, precipice, slope, tumble |
Antonyms: |
incline, mound, mountain, rise |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, apogee, bitter end, boundary, ceiling, climax, consummation, crest, crown, culmination, depth, edge, end, excess, extremity, height, inordinancy, maximum, nadir, nth degree, peak, pinnacle, pole, termination, top, utmost, uttermost, zenith |
| Main Entry: | extremity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
Synonyms: |
acme, acuteness, adversity, apex, apogee, border, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, climax, consummation, crisis, depth, dire straits, disaster, edge, end, excess, extreme, extremes, frontier, height, last, margin, maximum, nadir, outside, pinnacle, plight, pole, remote, rim, setback, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top, trouble, verge, vertex, zenith |