DEPTHS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

depths

noun

plural of depth

as in midsts

the most intense or characteristic phase of something I was in the depths of profound thought when I was interrupted

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as in abysses

the lowest point or level the author describes how she slowly rose from the depth of her depression

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as in heights

the most extreme or advanced point even in the depth of the Great Depression people never lost hope

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Recent Examples of depths The brain’s surface has ridges and valleys, and CTE tangles are found in the depths of those valleys, called the cortical sulci, and surround blood vessels. — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026 Youngquist has drilled large-diameter boreholes to depths exceeding 8,000 feet. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026 That puts them in competition with the murres who can dive to depths of 300 feet to hunt. — John Ramos, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Nearly 200 species of ctenophores, commonly known as comb jellies (but unrelated to jellyfish), live today in environments ranging from the cold depths of the sea to warm coastal surface waters. — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 16 Sep. 2026 After one take — which is usually not worth the celluloid it’s printed on, as the crew and the artists find their feet — Axl mumbled something about being freaked out and disappeared back into the depths of the building. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026 That day showed the depths of human cruelty — but the lasting image is the heights of human courage. — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2026 According to Anduril's website, Dive-LD can operate for up to 10 days without returning to base and is designed to dive to depths of as much as 6,000 metres (19,700 feet). — Idrees Ali, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026 Many of these newsroom managers have never been exposed to the depths of poverty, the ravages of war or the heartbreak of disaster. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Though that region was dubbed the whisky capital of the world in the Victorian Era – with more than 30 distilleries in its midsts – today Glen Scotia is one of just three that remain.

— Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of midsts

Noun

Jean-Pierre is an artifact of an age that looks recent on paper but feels prehistoric in practice—the age of pantsuits, the word ’empowerment,’ the musical Hamilton, the cheap therapeutic entreaties to ‘work on yourself’ and ‘lean in’ to various corporate abysses.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
On the other side of the country, Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, a longtime reader favorite, is a warm alternative to sterile airport abysses.

— Hannah Towey, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2024

Definition of abysses

Noun

On a hot Saturday, Pawlikowski and I revisited those heights—the slopes from which, for almost four years, starting in the spring of 1992, Serbian artillery pounded Sarajevo, which lies vulnerably cupped in the valley below.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
But unlike the post-pandemic party shoe craze, many brands also kept versatility and comfort at the forefront, showing a range of heel heights and flats.

— Katie Abel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of heights

Noun

House flies are about 1/4 inch long with four dark stripes down their middles.

— Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
Point Loma’s middles dominated, with 6-foot-5 Trevor Rutt and 6-4 Waylon Lundeen taking advantage of the undersized Cardinals.

— Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026

Definition of middles

Noun

This is just one of many parts of the course that were absolutely torn up, including an area just off the 1st green where a couple of thousand runners turned areas into mud pits.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Commanders directed operations and communicated with higher command, drivers negotiated bridges, water pits, and craters, and gunners identified targets considered the greatest threat.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of pits

Noun

The resort, just north of Roseville’s city limits, would be built around a 5-acre surf lagoon and is planned to include a 100-room hotel, 22 bungalows and a 28,390-square-foot surf center.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
The donor area has limits, and removing too many grafts may leave it looking uneven or depleted.

— Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of limits

Noun

Designers showed their Spring/Summer 2027 collections, emphasizing minimalism, transparency, bursts of lime and marigold and warm-weather silhouettes like culotte and capri bottoms.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Turns out, though, what actually happened is that Nike offered the women about 20 different combinations of a uniform — with tops and bottoms of various lengths.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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