inapprehensible
Cannot be grasped
Inapprehensible describes something that cannot be grasped by the mind or understood.
The word appears in philosophical and theological contexts for concepts beyond human comprehension: The nature of infinity remains inapprehensible to finite minds.
It can also mean impossible to physically seize or capture, though this use is rare.
Beyond comprehension or measurement
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- unintelligibleImpossible to understand
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- unknowableImpossible to understand
inexplicable · ungraspable · incomprehensible · indecipherable · inconceivable · unimaginable · fathomless · bottomless
Impossible to seize
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- mercurialProne to sudden change
protean · shifting · indefinable · amorphous · nebulous · vague · hazy · indistinct
Beyond the material realm
- transcendentalBeyond ordinary experience
- ineffableBeyond verbal expression
- intangibleNot physically present
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
theoretical · notional · immaterial · nonphysical · incorporeal · insubstantial · rarefied · abstruse
Cannot be sensed
- undetectableImpossible to notice
- invisibleCannot be seen
- unseeableImpossible to perceive visually
- inaudibleCannot be heard
intangible · impalpable · indiscernible · unobservable · subliminal · microscopic · infinitesimal · unperceivable
Relating to knowledge theory
- ontologicalConcerning existence's nature
- phenomenologicalRelating to conscious experience study
- transcendentalBeyond ordinary experience
- KantianOf duty-ethics philosophy
thing-in-itself · a priori · metaphysics · perception · cognition · consciousness · reality · existence
unfathomable
Beyond comprehension or measurement
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- unintelligibleImpossible to understand
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
unknowable · inexplicable · ungraspable · incomprehensible · indecipherable · inconceivable · unimaginable · fathomless · bottomless · profound
ungraspable
Impossible to seize
mercurial · protean · shifting · indefinable · amorphous · nebulous · vague · hazy · indistinct · blurred
metaphysical
Beyond the material realm
- transcendentalBeyond ordinary experience
- ineffableBeyond verbal expression
- intangibleNot physically present
conceptual · theoretical · notional · immaterial · nonphysical · incorporeal · insubstantial · rarefied · abstruse · recondite
imperceptible
Cannot be sensed
- undetectableImpossible to notice
- invisibleCannot be seen
- unseeableImpossible to perceive visually
inaudible · intangible · impalpable · indiscernible · unobservable · subliminal · microscopic · infinitesimal · unperceivable
epistemological
Relating to knowledge theory
- ontologicalConcerning existence's nature
- phenomenologicalRelating to conscious experience study
- transcendentalBeyond ordinary experience
Kantian · thing-in-itself · a priori · metaphysics · perception · cognition · consciousness · reality · existence · being
inapprehensibleapprehensible
Able to be understood
comprehensible · fathomable · understandable · graspable · knowable
comprehend, comprehensive, apprehend, apprehension, reprehensible, comprehensible, prehensile, reprehend, comprehensibility