What are some opposite words for deep?
Antonyms for deep
dipdeep
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Wiktionary
deepadjective
Antonyms:
shallowdeepadjective
Synonyms:
thickdeepadjective
The deep (meaning 2 above) part of a problem.
That is a deep thought!
Antonyms:
superficial, light, shallow, frivolousSynonyms:
meaningful, profound, heavydeepadjective
A fielding position near the boundary.
The shelves are 30cm deep.
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shallowdeepadjective
Voluminous.
to take a deep breath / sigh / drink
Synonyms:
large, voluminous, greatdeepadjective
Low in pitch.
She has a very deep contralto
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high, high-pitched, pipingSynonyms:
low-pitched, lowdeepadjective
Dark and highly saturated.
That's a very deep shade of blue
Antonyms:
light, pale, washed-out, desaturated
English Synonyms and Antonyms
deep
That is obscure which the eye or the mind can not clearly discern or see through, whether because of its own want of transparency, its depth or intricacy, or because of mere defect of light. That which is complicated is likely to be obscure, but that may be obscure which is not at all complicated and scarcely complex, as a muddy pool. In that which is abstruse (Latin abs, from, and trudo, push) as if removed from the usual course of thought or out of the way of apprehension or discovery, the thought is remote, hidden; in that which is obscure there may be nothing to hide; it is hard to see to the bottom of the profound, because of its depth, but the most shallow turbidness is obscure. Compare COMPLEX; DARK; DIFFICULT; MYSTERIOUS.
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Synonyms:
abstruse, ambiguous, cloudy, complex, complicated, dark, darksome, dense, difficult, dim, doubtful, dusky, enigmatical, hidden, incomprehensible, indistinct, intricate, involved, muddy, mysterious, obscure, profound, turbid, unintelligible
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
deep
Antonyms:
shallow, superficial, artless, undesigning, familiar, commonplaceSynonyms:
profound, subterranean, submerged, designing, abstruse, recondite, learned, low, sagacious, penetrating, thick, obscure, mysterious, occult, intense, heartfelt
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Princeton's WordNet
deepnoun
the central and most intense or profound part
"in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter"
Antonyms:
little, narrow, light, high, ankle-deep, shoaly, explicable, shallow, colorless, small, mild, shelfy, reefy, wakeful, exoteric, high-pitched, close, superficial, knee-deep, shelvy, colourless, artless, thin, neritic, fordableSynonyms:
trench, oceanic abysstrench, deep, oceanic abyssnoun
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
Antonyms:
high-pitched, colourless, small, shallow, fordable, reefy, little, wakeful, thin, narrow, shelvy, shelfy, colorless, close, high, mild, exoteric, knee-deep, shoaly, ankle-deep, explicable, superficial, light, neritic, artlessSynonyms:
trench, oceanic abyssdeepadjective
literary term for an ocean
"denizens of the deep"
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shallow, colourless, shoaly, high, close, thin, small, knee-deep, neritic, fordable, mild, ankle-deep, little, reefy, light, shelvy, artless, superficial, narrow, wakeful, high-pitched, colorless, shelfy, exoteric, explicableSynonyms:
trench, oceanic abyssdeepadjective
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
"a deep breath"; "a deep sigh"; "deep concentration"; "deep emotion"; "a deep trance"; "in a deep sleep"
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high-pitched, light, close, thin, wakeful, shallow, colorless, shelfy, narrow, little, mild, neritic, small, high, superficial, shelvy, knee-deep, exoteric, shoaly, explicable, fordable, colourless, ankle-deep, artless, reefySynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richdeepadjective
marked by depth of thinking
"deep thoughts"; "a deep allegory"
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little, mild, reefy, exoteric, thin, explicable, colorless, high, close, shoaly, artless, narrow, ankle-deep, fordable, light, colourless, knee-deep, wakeful, superficial, shallow, shelvy, high-pitched, neritic, small, shelfySynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richdeepadjective
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"; "a deep dive"; "deep water"; "a deep casserole"; "a deep gash"; "deep massage"; "deep pressure receptors in muscles"; "deep shelves"; "a deep closet"; "surrounded by a deep yard"; "hit the ball to deep center field"; "in deep space"; "waist-deep"
Antonyms:
high, fordable, explicable, superficial, little, wakeful, shallow, mild, shelvy, ankle-deep, small, close, reefy, high-pitched, light, neritic, artless, shoaly, narrow, thin, shelfy, colourless, knee-deep, exoteric, colorlessSynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richdeepadjective
very distant in time or space
"deep in the past"; "deep in enemy territory"; "deep in the woods"; "a deep space probe"
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exoteric, shelfy, shallow, light, little, high, shoaly, shelvy, small, close, wakeful, reefy, mild, artless, knee-deep, colourless, ankle-deep, high-pitched, explicable, neritic, fordable, superficial, thin, narrow, colorlessSynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richdeepadjective
extreme
"in deep trouble"; "deep happiness"
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mild, shelfy, high-pitched, neritic, reefy, small, shelvy, light, colorless, fordable, high, shallow, artless, colourless, superficial, little, narrow, knee-deep, ankle-deep, shoaly, wakeful, exoteric, thin, explicable, closeSynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richbass, deepadjective
having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
"a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"
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knee-deep, thin, fordable, narrow, colorless, small, reefy, explicable, mild, light, high, close, superficial, little, shelvy, exoteric, ankle-deep, artless, shoaly, wakeful, shallow, neritic, colourless, high-pitched, shelfySynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richdeep, richadjective
strong; intense
"deep purple"; "a rich red"
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wakeful, reefy, little, shoaly, fordable, colorless, exoteric, shelfy, neritic, shallow, colourless, high, narrow, mild, close, small, knee-deep, artless, thin, high-pitched, ankle-deep, superficial, explicable, shelvy, lightSynonyms:
bass, mystifying, fat, robust, recondite, full-bodied, cryptical, copious, cryptic, racy, inscrutable, abstruse, productive, ample, rich, fertile, mysterious, plentiful, thick, plenteousdeepadjective
relatively thick from top to bottom
"deep carpets"; "deep snow"
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shelvy, high-pitched, wakeful, fordable, superficial, reefy, shallow, high, colorless, thin, colourless, shelfy, close, small, narrow, little, ankle-deep, mild, shoaly, artless, knee-deep, exoteric, explicable, light, neriticSynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richdeepadjective
extending relatively far inward
"a deep border"
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thin, shoaly, high, small, reefy, high-pitched, exoteric, superficial, neritic, fordable, mild, colourless, little, shallow, artless, ankle-deep, shelvy, knee-deep, wakeful, colorless, close, explicable, shelfy, narrow, lightSynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richthick, deepadjective
(of darkness) very intense
"thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"
Antonyms:
shallow, fordable, shelfy, high, knee-deep, reefy, colorless, little, small, neritic, high-pitched, explicable, mild, shelvy, close, exoteric, light, wakeful, artless, superficial, ankle-deep, shoaly, thin, colourless, narrowSynonyms:
dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, mystifying, blockheaded, cryptical, chummy, thick-skulled, rich, thickset, abstruse, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, recondite, inscrutable, heavyset, cryptic, buddy-buddy, mysterious, bass, thick(p), thick, slurreddeepadjective
large in quantity or size
"deep cuts in the budget"
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fordable, close, high-pitched, thin, high, little, light, wakeful, shoaly, small, colorless, mild, explicable, neritic, shelvy, shallow, colourless, exoteric, reefy, superficial, shelfy, knee-deep, narrow, artless, ankle-deepSynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richdeepadjective
with head or back bent low
"a deep bow"
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small, explicable, mild, wakeful, shelvy, close, neritic, shallow, high, little, artless, light, exoteric, fordable, narrow, ankle-deep, colourless, superficial, reefy, thin, shelfy, colorless, knee-deep, shoaly, high-pitchedSynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richcryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifyingadjective
of an obscure nature
"the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
Antonyms:
little, knee-deep, superficial, shallow, high, small, close, artless, wakeful, exoteric, shoaly, shelfy, narrow, colorless, shelvy, neritic, mild, high-pitched, reefy, fordable, colourless, explicable, thin, ankle-deep, lightSynonyms:
kabbalistic, mystifying, bass, cryptical, mystic, occult, secret, recondite, qabalistic, orphic, inscrutable, abstruse, cryptic, rich, mysterious, cabalistic, mystical, thick, sibyllineabstruse, deep, reconditeadjective
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
"the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography"
Antonyms:
mild, exoteric, shallow, small, neritic, ankle-deep, colourless, artless, close, little, thin, light, fordable, explicable, high, wakeful, reefy, colorless, shoaly, narrow, superficial, shelfy, high-pitched, knee-deep, shelvySynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, mysterious, inscrutable, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richdeepadverb
exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
"deep political machinations"; "a deep plot"
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explicable, little, shoaly, shallow, colourless, high-pitched, high, neritic, superficial, light, wakeful, shelvy, thin, fordable, colorless, ankle-deep, close, mild, artless, small, reefy, knee-deep, exoteric, shelfy, narrowSynonyms:
cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, richdeeply, deepadverb
to a great depth;far down
"dived deeply"; "dug deep"
Antonyms:
little, high-pitched, artless, shoaly, narrow, thin, shelfy, exoteric, reefy, mild, light, high, shallow, knee-deep, fordable, colorless, small, colourless, explicable, close, neritic, superficial, shelvy, ankle-deep, wakefulSynonyms:
deeply, profoundly, latedeep, lateadverb
to an advanced time
"deep into the night"; "talked late into the evening"
Antonyms:
mild, thin, high-pitched, high, light, ankle-deep, small, shelvy, neritic, superficial, little, colourless, shoaly, shallow, artless, colorless, exoteric, knee-deep, narrow, fordable, reefy, close, explicable, shelfy, wakefulSynonyms:
lately, of late, deeply, latterly, tardily, late, recently, belatedlydeepadverb
to a great distance
"penetrated deep into enemy territory"; "went deep into the woods"
Antonyms:
narrow, high, close, shoaly, mild, little, superficial, reefy, light, neritic, artless, fordable, shallow, small, wakeful, exoteric, shelvy, knee-deep, shelfy, explicable, high-pitched, colorless, colourless, thin, ankle-deep
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
deepadjective
Antonyms:
superficial, shallowSynonyms:
profound, intricate, inexplicable, unfathomable, incomprehensible, recondite, abstruse, abysmal, sagacious, cunning, astute, shrewd, dark, intense, grave, grum, full-toned, guttural
How to use deep in a sentence?
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.
It was overwhelming, i rushed to move my car to higher ground, and by the time I got back I was in waist-deep water.
This demands a serious, deep investigation.
As the dark sets in deep within my spark of heart favours yours.
We express deep regret that senior Japanese officials have been recently making irresponsible comments without presenting a clear basis for them, suggesting our government was violating export controls and not enforcing sanctions, to halt unnecessary disputes and to determine factual basis of the Japanese government's claims, we suggest a panel of U.N. Security Council experts or an appropriate international organization to conduct a fair investigation into any cases of four major export control violations by South Korea and Japan.
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#9332 | pale | |
#10283 | shallow | |
#14982 | piping | |
#19703 | superficial | |
#27935 | commonplace | |
#30439 | frivolous | |
#38890 | colorless | |
#77536 | colourless | |
#106009 | artless | |
#145847 | explicable | |
#169023 | wakeful | |
#196403 | exoteric | |
#274092 | desaturated | |
#321742 | fordable | |
#327018 | neritic |
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