Meanings
plural deepnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state or quality of being deep (either physically or metaphorically)
Synonyms: depth, profoundness, profundity · Antonyms: shallowness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being deep (either physically or metaphorically)
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nounthe intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
nounthe quality of being physically deep
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*deupnassī
- Old Englishdēopnes“deepness; depth; an abyss”
- Middle Englishdepnesse
- Englishdeepness
From Middle English depnesse, from Old English dēopnes (“deepness; depth; an abyss”), from Proto-West Germanic *deupnassī, equivalent to deep + -ness. Cognate with German Low German Deepnis (“deepness, depth”).
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deepness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deepness
“deepness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deepness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deepness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deepness.
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