incommunicable
Impossible to express
Incommunicable describes something that cannot be shared or conveyed to others.
An incommunicable experience resists being put into words: The mystic's vision remained incommunicable.
Certain feelings—profound grief, transcendent joy—may seem incommunicable, beyond what language can capture.
In theology, incommunicable attributes are qualities God cannot share with creation.
Cannot be put into words
- unutterableImpossible to express verbally
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- indescribableCannot be put into words
- ineffableBeyond verbal expression
transcendent · mystical · numinous · sublime · beyond words · unfathomable · inscrutable · wordless
Relating to one's self
- intimateClosely personal or private
- innermostMost deeply internal
- subjectiveBased on personal perspective
- internalSituated within
inward · individual · guarded · unexpressed · unspoken · private · interior · intrinsic
Cannot change hands
- inalienableIncapable of being surrendered
- untransmittableUnable to be passed on
- noncontagiousCannot spread between hosts
- inherentExisting as essential part
intrinsic · unique · singular · idiosyncratic · exclusive · personal · individual · unpassable
State of being isolated
- isolationComplete separation from others
- disconnectionState of being severed
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
withdrawal · detachment · solitude · seclusion · aloofness · remoteness · separateness · unreachable
inexpressible
Cannot be put into words
- unutterableImpossible to express verbally
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- indescribableCannot be put into words
ineffable · transcendent · mystical · numinous · sublime · beyond words · unfathomable · inscrutable · wordless · unnameable
personal
Relating to one's self
- intimateClosely personal or private
- innermostMost deeply internal
- subjectiveBased on personal perspective
internal · inward · individual · guarded · unexpressed · unspoken · private · interior · intrinsic · psychological
nontransferable
Cannot change hands
- inalienableIncapable of being surrendered
- untransmittableUnable to be passed on
- noncontagiousCannot spread between hosts
inherent · intrinsic · unique · singular · idiosyncratic · exclusive · personal · individual · unpassable · restricted
alienation
State of being isolated
- isolationComplete separation from others
- disconnectionState of being severed
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
loneliness · withdrawal · detachment · solitude · seclusion · aloofness · remoteness · separateness · unreachable · inaccessible
- Beyond wordsineffable, unutterable, inexpressible, indescribable, speechless
- Mysticalethereal, otherworldly, supernatural, numinous, transcendent
incommunicablecommunicable
Capable of being spread
expressible · shareable · transmittable · conveyable · speakable
incommunicableexpressible
Able to be conveyed
speakable · utterable · articulable · verbalizable · describable
incommunicableconceivable
Able to be imagined
comprehensible · understandable · fathomable · imaginable · thinkable
community, communicate, communication, commune, communal, communicative, communicable, excommunication, miscommunication