UNFATHOMABLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does unfathomable mean?
• UNFATHOMABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNFATHOMABLE has 3 senses:
1. of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured
2. so deep as to be unmeasurable
3. impossible to come to understand
Familiarity information: UNFATHOMABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• UNFATHOMABLE (adjective)
Meaning:
Of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured
Similar:
unsoundable (too deep to determine the depth of)
Also:
deep (having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination)
Antonym:
fathomable ((of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth)
Meaning:
So deep as to be unmeasurable
Synonyms:
abysmal; abyssal; unfathomable
Context example:
the abyssal depths of the ocean
Similar:
deep (having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination)
Meaning:
Impossible to come to understand
Similar:
incomprehensible; uncomprehensible (difficult to understand)
