Qualities
Synonyms for profound
Synonyms for profound: unfathomed and fundamental. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for profound
Interchangeable with profound in this sense
Audited under profound's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one profound carries in that sense.
- unfathomedadjective, in the sense "situated at or extending to great depth"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name profound as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- fundamentalfundamental is an adjective in the sense "far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something"
Two directions, one standard: one audited under profound and one under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
situated at or extending to great depth
The profound depths of the sea.
The true synonym
unfathomed
Same sentence, swapped: The unfathomed depths of the sea.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot profound is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- fundamental
- heavy
- infinite
Where profound turns up in the game
profound is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where profound is the trap
- educatedadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is enlightened, in the sense "characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved", and profound is one of the three tiles that lose.
- fundamentaladjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is underlying, in the sense "being or involving basic facts or principles", and profound is one of the three tiles that lose.
- thoroughadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is exhaustive, in the sense "performed comprehensively and completely", with profound sitting one tile away.
Play profound
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so profound reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other qualities words at Summit, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. profound carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.