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- [uhn-noh-uh-buh l]
- /ʌnˈnoʊ ə bəl/
- /ʌnˈnəʊəbl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhn-noh-uh-buh l]
- /ʌnˈnoʊ ə bəl/
Definitions of unknowable word
- adjective unknowable not knowable; incapable of being known or understood. 1
- noun unknowable something that is unknowable. 1
- noun unknowable the Unknowable, the postulated reality lying behind all phenomena but not cognizable by any of the processes by which the mind cognizes phenomenal objects. 1
- adjective unknowable mysterious, that cannot be known 1
- adjective unknowable If you describe something as unknowable, you mean that it is impossible for human beings to know anything about it. 0
- adjective unknowable incapable of being known or understood 0
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Origin of unknowable
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1325-75; See origin at un-1, knowable
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Parts of speech for Unknowable
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unknowable popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 69% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
unknowable usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unknowable
adj unknowable
- 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.
- arcane — Something that is arcane is secret or mysterious.
- astrological — the study that assumes and attempts to interpret the influence of the heavenly bodies on human affairs.
- clear as mud — not at all clear
adjective unknowable
- enigmatic — Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.
- enigmatical — Pertaining to an enigma.
- extrasensory — Of or relating to extrasensory perception.
- fairy — (in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
Antonyms for unknowable
adjective unknowable
- describable — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- explainable — Able to be explained or understood.
- hellish — of, like, or suitable to hell; infernal; vile; horrible: It was a hellish war.
- knowable — capable of being known.
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