English Explanatory Dictionary

unknowable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not knowable; not able to be known.
noun
  1. Something that cannot be known.

Pronunciation

/ʌnˈnoʊ.ə.bəl/

Word forms

unknowable more unknowable most unknowable unknowables

Etymology

From un- + knowable.

Synonyms

unintelligible abstruse Chinese dense enigmatic fathomless Greek inapprehensible incognizable incomprehensible ineffable inenubilable inexplicable impenetrable insensible inscrutable insoluble insolvable mysterious nonunderstandable obscure retruse tenebrose thick undecipherable undiscoverable unexplainable unfathomable ungraspable unknowable ununderstandable

Antonyms

knowable apprehensible clear limpid comprehensible explainable explicable explicatable fathomable graspable illuminable intelligible lucid pellucid perspicuous straightforward tangible understandable

Related words

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