Synonyms and antonyms of Words used to describe depth in British Thesaurus

bottomless (adjective)

extremely deep and seeming to have no bottom

the bowels of something ()

the deepest inner part of something

come down ()

to be long or deep enough to reach a particular lower point or level

deep (adjective)

going a long way down from the top or the surface

deep (adjective)

used for saying or asking the distance from the top or surface of something

deep (adjective)

going a long way into something

deep (adjective)

going a long way back from the front of something

deep (adverb)

a long way down from the top or the surface

deep (adverb)

a long way into something

deep (adverb)

if people or things are two deep, three deep etc, there are two, three etc rows of them behind or on top of one another

deeply (adverb)

a long way into something

depth (noun)

the distance from the top to the bottom of something, for example the sea, a river, or a hole

depth (noun)

the fact that something is very deep or very long from front to back

fathom (noun)

a unit for measuring the depth of water, equal to 1.8 metres or 6 feet

fathomless (adjective)

literary very deep and impossible to measure

knee-deep (adjective)

deep enough to reach your knees

profound (adjective)

literary deep

shallow (adjective)

with only a short distance from the top or surface to the bottom

sounding (noun)

a measurement of the depth of water

stand (verb)

to be a particular height

tower (verb)

to be much taller than someone or something else

waist-deep (adjective)

covering the bottom part of someone’s body up to their waist