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Synonyms for ungraspable

  • adjective

Most common

mysterious impenetrable unfathomable unknowable fathomless

All synonyms

Adjective

mysterious, impenetrable, unfathomable, unknowable, fathomless, incomprehensible

Antonyms

clear, exoteric, pellucid

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Not able to be reached or grasped.

Example sentences

  • mysterious A mysterious spaceship was flying away from Earth.
  • impenetrable The wall appeared to be smooth and impenetrable.
  • unfathomable It is just unfathomable to even think about.
  • unknowable Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
ungraspablerising
mysteriousrising
impenetrablerising
unfathomablerising
unknowablerising
fathomlessrising

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

By length

10 letters
mysterious4, unknowable4, fathomless
12 letters
impenetrable5, unfathomable5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mysterious4 = 4 syllables).