Antonyms for depth

Grammar : Noun

Spell : depth

Phonetic Transcription : dɛpθ

Definition of depth

Origin : late 14c., apparently formed in Middle English on model of length, breadth; from Old English deop "deep" (see deep) + -th (2). Replaced older deopnes "deepness." Though the English word is relatively recent, the formation is in Proto-Germanic, *deupitho-, and corresponds to Old Saxon diupitha, Dutch diepte, Old Norse dypð, Gothic diupiþa.

noun distance down or across
noun insight, wisdom

Example sentences :

She said it, as if guided by an instinct, to sound the depth of his love for her.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

You who knew her will realize the depth and extent of my bereavement.
Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

Dick spoke at once, with a hesitancy that betrayed the depth of his emotion.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

There could be no doubt concerning the depth of the lad's love for the girl.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The depth of immersion is regulated by fixing the crank-pin.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various

A pressure-gauge to register the depth of the sinker has been added by Sir William.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

The woods were in all the depth and richness of a Southern spring.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

They had no depth or change; they glittered, and they opened and shut.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

I got up, moved to the depth of my being by this terrible grief.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

They have length, and breadth, and outline: have they nothing to do with depth?
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for depth

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