[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

profound \profound"\, n.
   1. the deep; the sea; the ocean.
      1913 webster

            god in the fathomless profound
            hath all this choice commanders drowned. --sandys.
      1913 webster

   2. an abyss. --milton.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

profound \profound"\, v. t.
   to cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far
   down. obs. --sir t. browne.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

profound \profound"\, v. i.
   to dive deeply; to penetrate. obs.
   1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

profound \profound"\, a. f. profond, l. profundus; pro before,
   forward + fundus the bottom. see found to establish,
   bottom lowest part.
   1. descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a
      great depth; deep. "a gulf profound." --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching
      to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning;
      thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a
      profound scholar; profound wisdom.
      1913 webster

   3. characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading;
      overmastering; far-reaching; strongly impressed; as, a
      profound sleep. "profound sciatica." --shak.
      1913 webster

            of the profound corruption of this class there can
            be no doubt.                          --milman.
      1913 webster

   4. bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility;
      lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow.
      1913 webster

            what humble gestures what profound reverence
                                                  --duppa.
      1913 webster
see also:
found bottom 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

profound
     adj 1: showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from
            the depths of your being; "the differences are
            profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a
            profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
            ant: superficial
     2: of the greatest intensity; complete; "a profound silence";
        "a state of profound shock"
     3: far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the
        nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human
        values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental
        changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing
        spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"
        syn: fundamental
     4: coming from deep within one; "a profound sigh"
     5: of sleep deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a
        profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
        syn: heavy, sound, wakeless
     6: situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have
        been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the sea";
        "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-thomas gray;
        "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded
        caverns" syn: unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded
see also:
superficial fundamental heavy sound wakeless unfathomed 
unplumbed unsounded 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

174 moby thesaurus words for "profound":
   atlantean, brobdingnagian, cyclopean, gargantuan, herculean,
   homeric, absolute, absorbing, abstract, abstruse, abysmal, acute,
   analytical, ankle-deep, arcane, arrant, astronomic, astute, awful,
   broad-minded, cabbalistic, civilized, classical, colossal,
   complete, consummate, crass, cryptic, cultivated, cultured,
   decided, deep, deep-cut, deep-down, deep-engraven, deep-felt,
   deep-fixed, deep-laid, deep-lying, deep-reaching, deep-rooted,
   deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, deep-sinking, deep-sunk,
   deep-sunken, deepgoing, deepish, deepsome, definitive, discerning,
   downright, educated, egregious, elephantine, encyclopedic,
   enigmatic, enormous, epic, erudite, esoteric, extreme, flagrant,
   giant, giantlike, gigantic, glaring, great, gross, hard, heartfelt,
   heavy, hermetic, heroic, hidden, homefelt, huge, immense,
   incomprehensible, indecipherable, indelible, infinite, informed,
   inscrutable, insightful, intellectual, intense, intolerable,
   intricate, involved, jumbo, keen, knee-deep, knotty, knowing,
   knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, mammoth, mighty,
   monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, mysterious,
   mystifying, obscure, occult, out-and-out, outright, overpowering,
   overwhelming, pansophic, penetrating, perfect, pervading, piercing,
   poignant, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, positive, precious,
   prodigious, pronounced, proper, puzzling, rank, recondite, regular,
   sagacious, sage, sapient, scholarly, scholastic, secret, sharp,
   shattering, shocking, sincere, stark, stark-staring, studious,
   stupendous, subtle, superlative, surpassing, terrible, the veriest,
   thorough, thoroughgoing, titanic, total, towering, transcendental,
   tremendous, tricky, unbearable, unconscionable, undeniable,
   unequivocal, unfathomable, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved,
   unspoiled, utter, vast, well-informed, well-read, wise,
   wise as solomon

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