What is another word for impenetrable?
Synonyms for impenetrable
ɪmˈpɛn ɪ trə bəlim·pen·e·tra·ble
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Wiktionary
impenetrableadjective
Antonyms:
penetrableimpenetrableadjective
The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken.
Antonyms:
penetrableimpenetrableadjective
Business jargon makes this document impenetrable, I can't understand it.
Antonyms:
penetrable
English Synonyms and Antonyms
impenetrable
Synonyms:
concealed, covert, dark, hidden, impalpable, imperceptible, invisible, latent, obscure, occult, secret, undiscovered, unimagined, unknown, unseen, unthought-ofAntonyms:
apparent, clear, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evident, glaring, indubitable, manifest, obvious, open, overt, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, tangible, transparent, unmistakable, visible
Princeton's WordNet
impenetrableadjective
not admitting of penetration or passage into or through
"an impenetrable fortress"; "impenetrable rain forests"
Antonyms:
comprehendible, comprehensible, penetrable, thindense, heavy, impenetrableadjective
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
"dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
Synonyms:
laboured, sullen, laborious, heavy, dull, overweight, toilsome, slow, intemperate, sound, dumb, wakeless, dense, grueling, with child(p), threatening, grave, profound, lowering, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), clayey, enceinte, grievous, fleshy, weighed down, hard, weighty, gruelling, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, backbreaking, sonorous, great(p), arduous, operose, dim, heavy(p), big(a), labored, punishing, thick, gravid, big(p), obtuse, leadenAntonyms:
comprehendible, penetrable, thin, comprehensibleimpenetrableadjective
impossible to understand
"impenetrable jargon"
Antonyms:
penetrable, comprehensible, thin, comprehendible
Dictionary of English Synonymes
impenetrableadjective
Synonyms:
not to be penetrated, not to be pierced
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
impenetrableadjective
Synonyms:
impervious, imperforable
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "impenetrable":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#596 | hard | |
#803 | sound | |
#1640 | dark | |
#1702 | unknown | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#2600 | secret | |
#2901 | slow | |
#2936 | hidden | |
#4800 | thick | |
#8065 | grave | |
#8257 | invisible | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9564 | dumb | |
#9770 | dense | |
#9902 | threatening | |
#11321 | profound | |
#12580 | lowering | |
#13293 | dull | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#15613 | overweight | |
#16455 | concealed | |
#17563 | covert | |
#17805 | opaque | |
#18352 | latent | |
#18859 | occult | |
#19195 | unseen | |
#29533 | undiscovered | |
#32471 | punishing | |
#38830 | fleshy | |
#38946 | expectant | |
#39077 | incomprehensible | |
#40529 | grievous | |
#40798 | arduous | |
#48375 | weighty | |
#51185 | impenetrable | |
#52469 | labored | |
#52801 | grueling | |
#53660 | laborious | |
#56643 | obtuse | |
#58451 | sullen | |
#66886 | inscrutable | |
#71019 | lumbering | |
#72084 | unfathomable | |
#76396 | clayey | |
#77629 | sonorous | |
#78731 | ponderous | |
#84783 | laboured | |
#88219 | imperceptible | |
#90856 | gruelling | |
#91829 | leaden | |
#127101 | intemperate | |
#137636 | enceinte | |
#145397 | gravid | |
#174861 | unimagined | |
#183574 | backbreaking | |
#218212 | impalpable | |
#218887 | toilsome |
How to use impenetrable in a sentence?
In the American metaphysic, reality is always material reality, hard, resistant, unformed, impenetrable, and unpleasant.
When you’re not in leadership, you don’t have a seat at the table – maybe you have your subcommittee or your committee, something like that – but it almost is impenetrable, and the American people know it. They feel it and that’s why they’re becoming radical in their political expressions.
To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, which our dull facilities can comprehend only in the most primitive forms--this knowledge, this feeling, is at the center of true religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I belong to the ranks of the devoutly religious men.
There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable.
Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us.
Translations for impenetrable
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- neproniknutelnýCzech
- uigennemtrængeligDanish
- undurchlässigGerman
- αδιαπέραστοςGreek
- impenetrableSpanish
- läpitunkematonFinnish
- impénétrableFrench
- áthatolhatatlanHungarian
- tidak bisa ditembusIndonesian
- impenetrabileItalian
- impenetrabilisLatin
- ondoordringbaarDutch
- ugjennomtrengeligNorwegian
- niedostępnyPolish
- impenetrabil, de nepătruns, de nestrăpunsRomanian
- непроницаемый, непроходимыйRussian
- ogenomträngligSwedish
- непроникнийUkrainian
- không thể xuyên thủngVietnamese
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