unfathomable
Meanings
Adjective
- of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured
Adjective Satellite
- resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
- impossible to come to understand
Adj
- Impossible to fathom.
- Especially of depth: physically incapable of being measured; immeasurable.
- Impossible to fathom.
- Impossible to grasp the extent of, or to fully know or understand.
Origin / Etymology
From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + fathom (“to measure the depth of (water); (figurative) to deeply understand (someone or something)”) + -able (suffix forming adjectives denoting things not able or fit to be done).
Synonyms
abstruse, abysmal, abyssal, bottomless, Chinese, dense, enigmatic, fathomless, Greek, impenetrable, inapprehensible, incalculable, incognizable, incomprehensible, ineffable, inenubilable, inestimable, inexplicable, inscrutable, insensible, insoluble, insolvable, mysterious, nonunderstandable, obscure, retruse, soundless, thick, undecipherable, undiscoverable, unexplainable, unfathomable, ungraspable, unintelligible, unknowable, unplumbable, unsoundable, ununderstandable
Antonyms
calculable, confusing, estimable, explicable, fathomable, incomprehensible, intelligible, measurable, penetrable, plumbable, soundable, understandable
Scrabble Score: 22
unfathomable is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordunfathomable is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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