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?
Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket--safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.
Human understanding very often remains enigmatic and motivations impenetrable. Many codes remain unbreakable, unless one has the unconditional key. ( " The unbreakable code " )
... The fact that so many young people with opinions and ideas on fashion have been able to rise to the top of this industry that has historically seemed so impenetrable is really, really inspiring and motivating, you sort of see yourself in the sort of digital superstars of fashion and that's a really special sentiment to share.
This image of the SWIFT network and the surrounding ecosystem being secure and impenetrable has encouraged complacency.
For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a central point between nothing and all and infinitely far from understanding either. The ends of things and their beginnings are impregnably concealed from him in an impenetrable secret. He is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness out of which he was drawn and the infinite in which he is engulfed.
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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