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Synonyms for fathomless

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable.

Related words

Word family
fathomlessly

Example sentences

  • bottomless Ziri was afraid to fall into a bottomless pit.
  • unfathomable It is just unfathomable to even think about.
  • unknowable Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
fathomlessrising
bottomlessrising
unfathomablerising
unknowablerising
soundlessrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
obscure2, abysmal3
9 letters
soundless, tenebrose
10 letters
bottomless3, unknowable4, mystifying4
11 letters
inscrutable4, ungraspable
12 letters
unfathomable5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (obscure2 = 2 syllables).