Profound
Profound adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.
Usage example: a profound dislike of frauds and phonies
Simple and profound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Simple" instead an adjective "Profound".
Nearby Words: profoundly, profoundness
Both words in one sentence
- Jerzy Kosiński's novel Being There: Chance the Gardner is mistaken for a profound thinker, when he is really just a simple-minded gardener.
Source: Seemingly Profound Fool -
Also, each episode of the show can be seen as Lain experimenting with something new, progressing serially from the simple (trying out a new computer) to the mindblowingly, cosmically profound.
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Lending an ear to his simple, but profound advice is what prompts the Earl to gradually change from his bitter outlook on life.
Source: Anime / Little Prince Cedie
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Simple and Profound. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/profound/simple
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Simple or Profound. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/profound/simple.
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