1. profoundness(n = noun.state) - extremeness of degree; "the profoundness of his ignorance"
is a kind of ultimacy, ultimateness
Derived forms adjective profound5, adjective profound4, adjective profound2, adjective profound1
2. profoundness(n = noun.cognition) abstruseness, abstrusity, profundity, reconditeness - wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs"
is a kind of wisdom
Derived form adjective profound3
3. profoundness(n = noun.cognition) astuteness, deepness, depth, profundity - the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas;
is a kind of sapience, wisdom
Derived form adjective profound1
4. profoundness(n = noun.attribute) deepness, profundity - the quality of being physically deep; "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile"
is a kind of deepness, depth
has particulars: bottomlessness
Derived form adjective profound6
5. profoundness(n = noun.attribute) profundity - intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc; "the depth of my feeling"; "the profoundness of the silence"
is a kind of depth
Derived form adjective profound1
The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth. Hooker. [1913 Webster]