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- [uhn-fath -uh-muh-buh l]
- /ʌnˈfæð ə mə bəl/
- /ʌnˈfæð.ə.mə.bl̩/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhn-fath -uh-muh-buh l]
- /ʌnˈfæð ə mə bəl/
Definitions of unfathomable word
- adjective unfathomable not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict. 1
- adjective unfathomable not able to be measured with a sounding line, or fathomed: unfathomable depths of the ocean. 1
- adjective unfathomable impossible to measure 1
- adjective unfathomable impossible to comprehend 1
- adjective unfathomable If you describe something as unfathomable, you mean that it cannot be understood or explained, usually because it is very strange or complicated. 0
- adjective unfathomable If you use unfathomable to describe a person or the expression on their face, you mean that you cannot tell what they are thinking or what they intend to do. 0
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unfathomable popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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adj unfathomable
- abstruse — You can describe something as abstruse if you find it difficult to understand, especially when you think it could be explained more simply.
- abysmal — If you describe a situation or the condition of something as abysmal, you think that it is very bad or poor in quality.
- alchemistic — a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
- alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
- astrological — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
adjective unfathomable
- abyssal — of or belonging to the ocean depths, esp below 2000 metres (6500 feet)
- amphibological — (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
- arcane — Something that is arcane is secret or mysterious.
- endless — Having or seeming to have no end or limit.
- enigmatic — Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.
noun unfathomable
- insolubility — incapable of being dissolved: insoluble salts.
Antonyms for unfathomable
adj unfathomable
- alive and kicking — If you say that someone or something is alive and kicking, you are emphasizing not only that they continue to survive, but also that they are very active.
- all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
- apprehensible — capable of being comprehended or grasped mentally
- flyest — clever; keen; ingenious.
- goer — a person or thing that goes: We sat in the lobby watching the comers and goers.
adjective unfathomable
- explainable — Able to be explained or understood.
- fathomable — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
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