unfathomability
Impossible to grasp
Unfathomability is the quality of being impossible to understand or measure.
The word comes from fathom, a unit for measuring water depth, so what's unfathomable can't be sounded or plumbed.
The unfathomability of the universe humbles scientists; the unfathomability of another person's grief leaves us wordless.
The sheer unfathomability of the numbers made the budget meaningless.
Immeasurably profound depth
- bottomlessHaving no base
- oceanicOf the sea
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- benthicOf the sea bottom
chasm · void · submersible · bathyscaphe · deep-sea · unplumbed · soundless · depthless
Something hard to fathom
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- inexplicableCannot be accounted for
- unknowableImpossible to understand
impenetrable · cryptic · arcane · ineffable · obscure · perplexing · bewildering · imponderable
Limitless extent or magnitude
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- boundlessnessAbsence of any boundary
- limitlessnessState without constraints
- expanseUnbroken area of space
infinitude · enormity · magnitude · cosmic · universe · eternity · endless · measureless
Elaborately detailed, many parts
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- multifacetedHaving many dimensions
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
tangled · knotty · impenetrable · indecipherable · overwhelming · bewildering · perplexity · intricacy
abyss
Immeasurably profound depth
- bottomlessHaving no base
- oceanicOf the sea
- trenchLong narrow excavation
benthic · chasm · void · submersible · bathyscaphe · deep-sea · unplumbed · soundless · depthless · profound
enigma
Something hard to fathom
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- inexplicableCannot be accounted for
unknowable · impenetrable · cryptic · arcane · ineffable · obscure · perplexing · bewildering · imponderable · abstruse
immensity
Limitless extent or magnitude
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- boundlessnessAbsence of any boundary
- limitlessnessState without constraints
expanse · infinitude · enormity · magnitude · cosmic · universe · eternity · endless · measureless · incalculable
intricate
Elaborately detailed, many parts
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- multifacetedHaving many dimensions
byzantine · tangled · knotty · impenetrable · indecipherable · overwhelming · bewildering · perplexity · intricacy · nuance
- mysteriousnessenigma, mystique, inscrutability, obscurity, crypticness
- unclearnessvagueness, ambiguity, obscurity, haziness, fuzziness
unfathomabilitycomprehensibility
Clarity of meaning
intelligibility · understandability · clarity · lucidity · graspability
unfathomabilitytransparency
State of being see-through
clarity · openness · limpidity · pellucidity · self-evidence
unfathomabilityfathomability
Ability to be understood
measurability · finitude · boundedness · calculability · quantifiability
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