" deep "

1: extending far downward;

  * e.g., " ... lowered their bucket down a deep well "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abysmal,

•  bottomless,

•  profound

•  Antonyms : 

•  shallow,

•  shoal,

•  skin-deep,

•  superficial,

•  surface

2: having a low musical pitch or range;

  * e.g., " ... the tour guide had an impressively deep voice "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bass,

•  grave,

•  low,

•  throaty

•  Antonyms : 

•  acute,

•  high,

•  high-pitched,

•  piping,

•  sharp,

•  shrill,

•  treble

3: being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain;

  * e.g., " ... a deep, dark secret that he took to his grave "

•  Synonyms : 

•  arcane,

•  cryptic,

•  enigmatic,

•  impenetrable,

•  inscrutable,

•  mysterious,

•  mystic,

•  occult,

•  uncanny

•  Antonyms : 

•  shallow,

•  superficial

1: having goods, property, or money in abundance;

  * e.g., " ... thanks to a deep-pocketed benefactor, she can pursue her dream of becoming an artist without worrying about how to pay the rent "

•  Synonyms : 

•  affluent,

•  fat,

•  fat-cat,

•  flush,

•  loaded,

•  moneyed,

•  opulent,

•  rich,

•  silk-stocking,

•  wealthy,

•  well-endowed,

•  well-fixed,

•  well-heeled,

•  well-off,

•  well-to-do

•  Antonyms : 

•  destitute,

•  impecunious,

•  impoverished,

•  indigent,

•  needy,

•  penniless,

•  penurious,

•  poor,

•  poverty-stricken

1: firmly established over time;

  * e.g., " ... he had had a deep-rooted fear of the dark from the time he was a small child "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bred-in-the-bone,

•  confirmed,

•  deep,

•  deep-seated,

•  entrenched,

•  hard-core,

•  inveterate,

•  rooted,

•  settled

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: of, relating to, or occurring in the open sea;

  * e.g., " ... chartered a boat to do some deep-sea fishing "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blue-water,

•  oceanic,

•  pelagic

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: firmly established over time;

  * e.g., " ... has deep-seated convictions about religion that no one is ever going to change "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bred-in-the-bone,

•  confirmed,

•  deep,

•  deep-rooted,

•  entrenched,

•  hard-core,

•  inveterate,

•  rooted,

•  settled

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: the most intense or characteristic phase of something;

  * e.g., " ... the kind of cold weather that we usually have only in the deep of winter "

•  Synonyms : 

•  depth,

•  height,

•  middle,

•  midst,

•  thick

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth;

  * e.g., " ... sailors exploring the farther reaches of the briny deep "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blue,

•  brine,

•  Neptune,

•  ocean,

•  sea,

•  seven seas

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: an immeasurable depth or space;

  * e.g., " ... the belief that somewhere in the deep of outer space humankind will meet its ultimate destiny "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abysm,

•  abyss,

•  chasm,

•  gulf,

•  ocean

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a state of temporary inactivity;

  * e.g., " ... his hunt for a new house was put in the deep freeze while he recovered from the auto accident "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abeyance,

•  cold storage,

•  doldrums,

•  dormancy,

•  holding pattern,

•  latency,

•  moratorium,

•  quiescence,

•  suspended animation,

•  suspense,

•  suspension

•  Antonyms : 

•  continuance,

•  continuation

2: a weather condition marked by low temperatures;

  * e.g., " ... the deep freeze had everyone thinking that global warming might not be so bad "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cold,

•  cold wave,

•  freeze,

•  snap

•  Antonyms : 

•  heat,

•  heat wave

1: a wealthy person;

  * e.g., " ... argued that the deep pockets will benefit most from the tax cuts "

•  Synonyms : 

•  capitalist,

•  Croesus,

•  fat cat,

•  have,

•  money,

•  moneybags,

•  plutocrat,

•  silk stocking

•  Antonyms : 

•  have-not,

•  pauper

1: a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing;

  * e.g., " ... an accountant who had turned deep throat, he was the first to leak the information that the company had been cooking its books for years "

•  Synonyms : 

•  betrayer,

•  canary,

•  fink,

•  informant,

•  informer,

•  nark,

•  rat,

•  rat fink,

•  snitch,

•  snitcher,

•  squealer,

•  stool pigeon,

•  stoolie,

•  talebearer,

•  tattler,

•  tattletale,

•  telltale

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to get rid of as useless or unwanted;

  * e.g., " ... deep-sixed the documents with the incriminating evidence "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cashier,

•  cast (off),

•  chuck,

•  discard,

•  ditch,

•  dump,

•  eighty-six,

•  exorcise,

•  fling (off or away),

•  jettison,

•  junk,

•  lay by,

•  lose,

•  pitch,

•  reject,

•  scrap,

•  shed,

•  shuck (off),

•  slough (off),

•  throw away,

•  throw out,

•  toss,

•  unload

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)