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Deep

Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea.

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Abysmal 84% connected

Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.

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Abysmal 84% connected

Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound.

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Abyssal 84% connected

Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.

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Abyssal 84% connected

Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.

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Artful 84% connected

Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

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Artful 84% connected

Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

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Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Big 84% connected

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.

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Bottomless 84% connected

Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomless abyss.

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Bottomless 84% connected

Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomless abyss.

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Broad 84% connected

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

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Broad 84% connected

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; -- opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

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Colorful 84% connected

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Colorful 84% connected

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Colourful 84% connected

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Colourful 84% connected

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Distant 84% connected

Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

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Distant 84% connected

Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

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Esoteric 84% connected

Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; int…

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Esoteric 84% connected

Designed for, and understood by, the specially initiated alone; not communicated, or not intelligible, to the general body of followers; private; int…

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Heavy 84% connected

Having the heaves.

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Heavy 84% connected

Having the heaves.

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Incomprehensible 84% connected

Not capable of being contained within limits.

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Incomprehensible 84% connected

Not capable of being contained within limits.

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Inexplicable 84% connected

Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery.

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Inexplicable 84% connected

Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery.

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Intense 84% connected

Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

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Intense 84% connected

Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Large 84% connected

Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious;…

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Low 84% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Low 84% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Profound 84% connected

Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.

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Profound 84% connected

Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep.

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Sound 84% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Sound 84% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Wide 84% connected

Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow…

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Wide 84% connected

Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow…

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Depression 76% connected

The act of depressing.

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Middle 76% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Ocean 76% connected

The whole body of salt water which covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe; -- called also the sea, or great sea.

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Deepness 74% connected

The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.

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Deepness 74% connected

The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.

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Profundity 74% connected

The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc.

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Profundity 74% connected

The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc.

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Thick 74% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Thick 74% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Deepness 66% connected

The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.

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Deepness 66% connected

The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.

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Depth 66% connected

The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the…

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Depth 66% connected

The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the…

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Synonym 13

Abstruse 92% connected

Concealed or hidden out of the way.

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Bass 92% connected

of Bass

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Cryptic 92% connected

Alt. of Cryptical

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Cryptical 92% connected

Hidden; secret; occult.

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Deeply 92% connected

At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as, to sink deeply.

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Inscrutable 92% connected

Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfact…

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Late 92% connected

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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Mysterious 92% connected

Of or pertaining to mystery; containing a mystery; difficult or impossible to understand; obscure not revealed or explained; enigmatical; incomprehen…

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Mystifying 92% connected

of Mystify

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Recondite 92% connected

Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.

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Rich 92% connected

Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; aff…

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Thick 92% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

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Trench 92% connected

To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, or the like.

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Shallow 94% connected

Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

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Shallow 94% connected

Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

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