unfathomable
Too strange, deep or difficult to understand.
unfathomable in a sentence
- The ancient symbols on the wall were unfathomable to the explorers.
- Why the cat always sleeps in the sink is unfathomable.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to unfathomable?
- Aclear
- Bobvious
- Cincomprehensible
- Dunderstandable
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C: incomprehensible. The other three mean the opposite of unfathomable.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to unfathomable?
- Abaffling
- Bunderstandable
- Cmysterious
- Dincomprehensible
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B: understandable. The other three mean nearly the same as unfathomable.
Words that mean something similar
incomprehensible, mysterious, baffling
Words that mean the opposite
understandable, clear, obvious
More words about thinking & learning
- vague: Not clear or exact.
- valid: Based on good reasoning, or officially acceptable and able to be used.
- verdict: The decision reached at the end of a trial or contest.
- verify: To check that something is really true.
- abstract: About ideas rather than things you can touch.
- absurd: So silly that it makes no sense at all.
- accurate: Exactly right, with no mistakes in it.
- adept: Very good and skilled at doing something.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test