Antonyms for inscrutable
ɪnˈskru tə bəlin·scrutable

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1. inscrutableadjective

   Synonyms:
   ineffable

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1. inscrutable

   That is mysterious in the true sense which is beyond human comprehension, as the decrees of God or the origin of life. That is mystic or mystical which has associated with it some hidden or recondite meaning, especially of a religious kind; as, the mystic Babylon of the Apocalypse. That is dark which we can not personally see through, especially if sadly perplexing; as, a dark providence. That is secret which is intentionally hidden. Compare DARK.

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   Synonyms:
   abstruse, cabalistic, dark, enigmatical, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, mysterious, mystic, mystical, obscure, occult, recondite, secret, transcendental, unfathomable, unfathomed, unknown

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1. inscrutable

   Antonyms:
   obvious, self-evident, familiar, intelligible, explainable

   Synonyms:
   unintelligible, untraceable, mysterious, unfathomable, profound, insolvable, impenetrable, hidden

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1. cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifyingadjective

   of an obscure nature

   "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutable workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"

   Antonyms:
   explicable

   Synonyms:
   kabbalistic, mystifying, bass, cryptical, mystic, occult, secret, recondite, deep, qabalistic, orphic, abstruse, cryptic, rich, mysterious, cabalistic, mystical, thick, sibylline

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1. inscrutableadjective

   Synonyms:
   incomprehensible, inexplicable, unsearchable

How to use inscrutable in a sentence?

1. Louise Bogan:

   I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy

2. Louise Bogan:

   I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

3. Adolf Hitler:

   When over long periods of human history I scrutinized the activity of the Jewish people, suddenly there arose up in me the fearful question whether inscrutable Destiny, perhaps for reasons unknown to us poor mortals, did not, with eternal and immutable resolve, desire the final victory of this little nation.

4. David Riesman:

   America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.

5. I Ching:

   The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and remains free from entanglements.

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