Word that means opposite of deep

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1. deepadjective

   Antonyms:
   shallow

2. deepadjective

   Antonyms:
   thin, shallow

   Synonyms:
   thick

3. deepadjective

   The deep (meaning 2 above) part of a problem.

   That is a deep thought!

   Antonyms:
   superficial, light, shallow, frivolous

   Synonyms:
   meaningful, profound, heavy

4. deepadjective

   A fielding position near the boundary.

   The shelves are 30cm deep.

   Antonyms:
   shallow

5. deepadjective

   Voluminous.

   to take a deep breath / sigh / drink

   Antonyms:
   shallow, small

   Synonyms:
   large, voluminous, great

6. deepadjective

   Low in pitch.

   She has a very deep contralto

   Antonyms:
   high, high-pitched, piping

   Synonyms:
   low-pitched, low

7. deepadjective

   Dark and highly saturated.

   That’s a very deep shade of blue

   Synonyms:
   rich, vivid, bright

   Antonyms:
   light, pale, washed-out, desaturated

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1. 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.

   See synonyms for CLEAR.

   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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. deep

   Antonyms:
   shallow, superficial, artless, undesigning, familiar, commonplace

   Synonyms:
   profound, subterranean, submerged, designing, abstruse, recondite, learned, low, sagacious, penetrating, thick, obscure, mysterious, occult, intense, heartfelt

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Princeton’s WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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, fordable

   Synonyms:
   trench, oceanic abyss

2. trench, 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, artless

   Synonyms:
   trench, deep, oceanic abyss

3. deepadjective

   literary term for an ocean

   «denizens of the deep»

   Antonyms:
   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, explicable

   Synonyms:
   trench, oceanic abyss

4. deepadjective

   relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

   «a deep breath»; «a deep sigh»; «deep concentration»; «deep emotion»; «a deep trance»; «in a deep sleep»

   Antonyms:
   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, reefy

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

5. deepadjective

   marked by depth of thinking

   «deep thoughts»; «a deep allegory»

   Antonyms:
   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, shelfy

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

6. deepadjective

   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, colorless

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

7. deepadjective

   very distant in time or space

   «deep in the past»; «deep in enemy territory»; «deep in the woods»; «a deep space probe»

   Antonyms:
   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, colorless

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

8. deepadjective

   extreme

   «in deep trouble»; «deep happiness»

   Antonyms:
   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, close

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

9. bass, 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»

   Antonyms:
   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, shelfy

   Synonyms:
   cryptic, abstruse, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

10. deep, richadjective

    strong; intense

    «deep purple»; «a rich red»

    Antonyms:
    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, light

    Synonyms:
    bass, mystifying, fat, robust, recondite, full-bodied, cryptical, copious, deep, cryptic, racy, inscrutable, abstruse, productive, ample, rich, fertile, mysterious, plentiful, thick, plenteous

11. deepadjective

    relatively thick from top to bottom

    «deep carpets»; «deep snow»

    Antonyms:
    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, neritic

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

12. deepadjective

    extending relatively far inward

    «a deep border»

    Antonyms:
    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, light

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

13. thick, 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, narrow

    Synonyms:
    dense, duncical, duncish, stocky, thickheaded, boneheaded, loggerheaded, mystifying, blockheaded, cryptical, chummy, thick-skulled, rich, thickset, deep, abstruse, wooden-headed, compact, fatheaded, recondite, inscrutable, heavyset, cryptic, buddy-buddy, mysterious, bass, thick(p), thick, slurred

14. deepadjective

    large in quantity or size

    «deep cuts in the budget»

    Antonyms:
    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-deep

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

15. deepadjective

    with head or back bent low

    «a deep bow»

    Antonyms:
    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-pitched

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

16. cryptic, 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, light

    Synonyms:
    kabbalistic, mystifying, bass, cryptical, mystic, occult, secret, recondite, deep, qabalistic, orphic, inscrutable, abstruse, cryptic, rich, mysterious, cabalistic, mystical, thick, sibylline

17. abstruse, 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, shelvy

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, deep, mysterious, inscrutable, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

18. deepadverb

    exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

    «deep political machinations»; «a deep plot»

    Antonyms:
    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, narrow

    Synonyms:
    cryptic, abstruse, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, bass, thick, recondite, mystifying, rich

19. deeply, 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, wakeful

    Synonyms:
    deeply, profoundly, deep, late

20. deep, 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, wakeful

    Synonyms:
    lately, deep, of late, deeply, latterly, tardily, late, recently, belatedly

21. deepadverb

    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:
    deeply, late

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1. deepadjective

   Antonyms:
   superficial, shallow

   Synonyms:
   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?

1. Lewis Uhler:

   We’re just hopeful that we can come up with a winning combination, we have so many people who are going to be around for years. We can select one guy this time and we still have a deep bench for the future.

2. Ken Starr:

   Its filled with acrimony and it divides the country like nothing else, those of us who lived through the Clinton impeachment understand that in a deep and personal way.

3. Jacques Torres:

   He’s one of the best chefs in America, the crème de la crème, he’s a masterful technician in the kitchen. It’s in his blood. But what’s even more important is the deep respect he has for food, for farmers who grow food and the impact of food on our lives.

4. John Sawers:

   There is deep anger in America at what they see as having been inflicted on us all by China and China is evading a good deal of responsibility for the origin of the virus, for failing to deal with it initially, intelligence is about acquiring information which has been concealed from you by other states and other actors, there was a brief period in December and January when the Chinese were indeed concealing this from the West.

5. Clare Rewcastle-Brown:

   It was a tough battle for all of us… the previous administration spent so much time and money trying to get me, but I wouldn’t have done it if I didn’t have a deep down confidence that Malaysia could come through and this could have a good outcome.

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