Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun depth

6 senses of depth

Sense 1
depth, deepness -- (the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet")
       => extent -- (the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent")

Sense 2
depth -- (degree of psychological or intellectual profundity)
       => degree, grade, level -- (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree")

Sense 3
depth -- ((usually plural) the deepest and most remote part; "from the depths of darkest Africa"; "signals received from the depths of space")
       => region, part -- (the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space")

Sense 4
depth -- ((usually plural) a low moral state; "he had sunk to the depths of addiction")
       => abasement, degradation, abjection -- (a low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken)

Sense 5
astuteness, profundity, profoundness, depth, deepness -- (the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas)
       => wisdom, sapience -- (ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight)

Sense 6
depth -- (the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense; "the depth of his breathing"; "the depth of his sighs," "the depth of his emotion")
       => attribute -- (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)