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SUPERFICIAL Antonyms

There are 7 antonyms of the word superficial. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For SUPERFICIAL

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profound
adjectiveadj
adjective

• showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth

adjective satellite

• of the greatest intensity; complete

• far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something

• coming from deep within one

• (of sleep) deep and complete

• situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed

thorough
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• painstakingly careful and accurate

• performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

comprehensive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• including all or everything

noun

• an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge

adjective satellite

• broad in scope

deep
adjectiveadj
adjective

• relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply

• having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination

noun

• the central and most intense or profound part

• a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

• literary term for an ocean

adverb

• to a great depth; far down or in

• to an advanced time

• to a great distance

adjective satellite

• marked by depth of thinking

• very distant in time or space

• intense or extreme

• having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

• strong; intense

• relatively thick from top to bottom

• extending relatively far inward

• (of darkness) densely dark

• large in quantity or size

• with head or back bent low

• of an obscure nature

• difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

• exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy

insightful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception

significant
adjectiveadj
adjective

• important in effect or meaning

• too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation

adjective satellite

• of considerable importance, size, or worth

• rich in significance or implication

substantive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established

noun

• any word or group of words functioning as a noun

adjective satellite

• of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something

• being on topic and prompting thought

Alternatives for PROFOUND

Alternatives for THOROUGH

Alternatives for COMPREHENSIVE

Alternatives for DEEP

Alternatives for INSIGHTFUL

Alternatives for SIGNIFICANT

Alternatives for SUBSTANTIVE

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