Profoundness

pro·found  (pr-found, pr-)

adj. pro·found·er, pro·found·est

1. Situated at, extending to, or coming from a great depth; deep.

2. Coming as if from the depths of one's being: profound contempt.

3. Thoroughgoing; far-reaching: profound social changes.

4. Penetrating beyond what is superficial or obvious: a profound insight.

5. Unqualified; absolute: a profound silence.

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[Middle English profounde, from Old French profond, from Latin profundus : pr-, before; see pro-¹ + fundus, bottom.]

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pro·foundly adv.

pro·foundness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	profoundness - extremeness of degree; "the profoundness of his ignorance" ultimacy, ultimateness - the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance, "the ultimacy of these social values"
	2.	profoundness - wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs" abstrusity, profundity, reconditeness, abstruseness wisdom - accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
	3.	profoundness - the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas deepness, astuteness, profundity, depth sapience, wisdom - ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
	4.	profoundness - the quality of being physically deep; "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile" deepness, profundity depth, deepness - the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet" bottomlessness - the property of being very deep; without limit
	5.	profoundness - intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc; "the depth of my feeling"; "the profoundness of the silence" profundity depth - degree of psychological or intellectual profundity