English > inexplicable: 1 sense > adjective 1Meaning | incapable of being explained or accounted for. |
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Examples | - "inexplicable errors"
- "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
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Synonym | incomprehensible |
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Narrower | cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying | Of an obscure nature |
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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 |
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insoluble | Admitting of no solution or explanation / explanation |
Opposite | explicable | capable of being explicated or accounted for |
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Spanish | incomprensible, inexplicable |
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Catalan | incomprensible, inexplicable |
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Adverbs | inexplicably | in a manner differing from the usual or expected |
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