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Definition of depth : 1. A pair of toothed wheels which work together.
2. Lowness; as, depth of sound.
3. Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color.
4. That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter.
5. The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.
6. The perpendicular distance from the chord to the farthest point of an arched surface.
7. The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface, or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops.

Synonyms:

reconditeness, severity, vehemence, erudition, sense, measurement, enlightenment, foresight, fierceness, surface, vehemency, thorough, learning, chasm, thoroughly, reasonableness, height, ferociousness, wisdom, discernment, high, completely, skill, strong, fury, abstruseness, judiciousness, astuteness, remoteness, acumen, comprehensive, knowledge, pitch, sagacity, discretion, broad, judgment, abysm, attainment, gulf, abstrusity, declination, ferocity, extent, detailed, perspicacity, prudence, insight, violence, drop, big, deep, reason, perspicaciousness, understanding, shrewdness, information, weightiness, expanse, profoundness, prescience

pit, gravity, substratum, underground, bottom, intensity, base, abyss

profundity, deepness, sounding

Usage examples:

• The fact of the matter is that he is badly out of his depth, but is not man enough to acknowledge the fact even to himself. - "Bat Wing", Sax Rohmer.
• Oh, to what depth was I falling! - "Life on the Stage", Clara Morris.
• This tells at once the depth of their personal love for Him, nothing could tell it more. - "Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation", S. D. Gordon.