Synonyms for fathom
ˈfæð əm

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. fathom, fthm(noun)

   a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth

   Synonyms:
   fthm

2. fathom, fthm(verb)

   (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore

   Synonyms:
   fthm

3. penetrate, fathom, bottom(verb)

   come to understand

   Synonyms:
   click, imbue, riddle, dawn, infiltrate, permeate, perforate, diffuse, sink in, penetrate, come home, get through, bottom, fall into place, sound, pervade, get across, interpenetrate

4. fathom, sound(verb)

   measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

   Synonyms:
   sound, vocalise, penetrate, voice, vocalize, bottom, go

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. fathom(verb)

   Synonyms:
   puzzle out, fathom out, figure out, work out

2. fathom(verb)

   To encircle with outstretched arms, especially to take a measurement; to embrace.

   Synonyms:
   puzzle out, work out, fathom out, figure out

3. fathom(verb)

   To measure the depth of, take a sounding of.

   Synonyms:
   work out, figure out, puzzle out, fathom out

4. fathom(verb)

   To get to the bottom of; to manage to comprehend (a problem etc.).

   I can't for the life of me fathom what this means.

   Synonyms:
   puzzle out, fathom out, work out, figure out

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(2.25 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fathom

   Synonyms:
   gauge, pierce, measure, sound, probe

   Antonyms:
   survey, glance, scan, overlook, miss, graze, skim

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. fathom(n.)

   Synonyms:
   six feet, two yards

2. fathom(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   sound, try the depth of, measure by a sounding-line

3. fathom(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   divine, penetrate, reach, understand, comprehend

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "fathom":

   understand

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How to use fathom in a sentence?

1. Kelly Incandela:

   At first I was heartbroken... then I got angry, i can't fathom the idea that someone can use an innocent child whom they've never met and who is going through a very hard time, how they can use that to benefit themselves.

2. Teacher Jason Seaman:

   I can't really fathom how someone I have not personally met would do such an act of kindness and how the Noblesville community has been so generous in its response to it.

3. Judith Penney:

   As I’m older now, I can’t even fathom why Lorraine let me stay there, lots of times I think about, ‘Why did I do this? Why did I screw up my life like this?’ Sometimes I get angry thinking about it, how so much was taken away from me.

4. Keondra White Facebook -RRB- White:

   It was just pure disgust, something you can’t fathom seeing that.

5. Phil Robertson:

   Arakan Army's hard to fathom that a government and its military could actually commit crimes against humanity against two different ethnic groups -- the Rohingya and Rakhine State -- in one province but somehow Myanmar has managed to do it, and now they need to be held accountable for it.

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