fathomability
Capacity for grasping
Fathomability is the quality of being capable of being understood or comprehended.
If something has fathomability, you can wrap your mind around it, grasp its meaning or depth.
The word typically appears in discussions of complex ideas, mysterious phenomena, or difficult concepts: The fathomability of quantum mechanics remains debatable among students.
It's the noun form of fathomable, which derives from fathom—originally a unit of depth measurement, now more commonly meaning to understand deeply.
Mental understanding of meaning
- graspSeize or understand
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
- accessibilityEase of approach
- understandabilityEase of being grasped
clarity · lucidity · explicability · penetrability · decipherability · knowability · discernibility · interpretability
Capacity to be assessed numerically
- soundingDepth measurement technique
- plumbingWater and waste infrastructure
- bathymetrySubaqueous topographical measurement
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
oceanic · sonar · diving · submarine · seafloor · trench · abyss · submersible
Impossible to understand
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- impenetrabilityResistance to penetration
- obscurityState of being unknown
- unknowabilityQuality of eluding understanding
opacity · cryptic · arcane · mystique · puzzlement · incomprehensibility · abstruseness · elusiveness
comprehension
Mental understanding of meaning
- graspSeize or understand
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
- accessibilityEase of approach
understandability · clarity · lucidity · explicability · penetrability · decipherability · knowability · discernibility · interpretability · readability
measurability
Capacity to be assessed numerically
- soundingDepth measurement technique
- plumbingWater and waste infrastructure
- bathymetrySubaqueous topographical measurement
nautical · oceanic · sonar · diving · submarine · seafloor · trench · abyss · submersible · profundity
inscrutability
Impossible to understand
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- impenetrabilityResistance to penetration
- obscurityState of being unknown
unknowability · opacity · cryptic · arcane · mystique · puzzlement · incomprehensibility · abstruseness · elusiveness · ineffability
fathomabilityunfathomability
Impossibility of being understood
incomprehensibility · inscrutability · impenetrability · unintelligibility · obscurity