ADJECTIVE | all | incomprehensible, inexplicable | incapable of being explained or accounted for |
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all | incomprehensible, uncomprehensible | difficult to understand |
Sounds | ihngkaa.mprahhheh'nsihbahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | incapable of being explained or accounted for. | |
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Synonym | inexplicable | |
Narrower | cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying | Of an obscure nature |
paradoxical, self-contradictory | seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true | |
unaccountable, unexplainable | not to be accounted for or explained | |
unexplained | Having the reason or cause not made clear | |
See also | incomprehensible, uncomprehensible | Difficult to understand |
insoluble | Admitting of no solution or explanation / explanation | |
Opposite | explicable | capable of being explicated or accounted for |
Spanish | incomprensible, inexplicable | |
Catalan | incomprensible, inexplicable | |
Nouns | incomprehensibility | the quality of being incomprehensible |
Meaning | Difficult to understand. | |
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Example | "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein | |
Synonym | uncomprehensible | |
Narrower | dark, obscure | marked by difficulty of style or expression |
enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling | not clear to the understanding | |
impenetrable | impossible to understand | |
indecipherable | impossible to determine the meaning / meaning of | |
lost, missed | not caught with the senses or the mind | |
opaque, unintelligible | not clearly understood or expressed | |
unfathomable | impossible to come to understand | |
See also | inexplicable, incomprehensible | incapable of being explained or accounted for |
unclear | not clear to the mind | |
unintelligible | poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise | |
Opposite | comprehensible, comprehendible | capable of being comprehended or understood |
Spanish | incomprensible, inconmensurable | |
Catalan | incomprensible | |
Nouns | incomprehensibility | the quality of being incomprehensible |
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