English > inexplicable: 1 sense > adjective 1| Meaning | 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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