imperceptible
imperceptible adjective: not perceptible, not detectable, too small in magnitude to be observed.
Adjective
imperceptible (comparative more imperceptible, superlative most imperceptible)
- Not perceptible, not detectable, too small in magnitude to be observed.
- We all missed the imperceptible shake of his head as he tried to warn us without being seen.
- For this ſtone may have naturally grown into this very ſhape, and the ſeeming aſhes may be no aſhes, that is no remainders of any ſewell burnt there, but ſome unexplicable and imperceptible Motions of the Aire, or other particles of this fluid Matter that is active every where, have wrought ſome...1653, Henry More, “What Is Meant by Demonstrating There Is a God, and that the Mind of Man, unlesse He Do Violence to His Faculties, Will Fully Assent or Dissent from That Which Notwithstanding May...
- Synonyms:
- imperceivable, undistinguishable, unperceivable
- Antonyms:
- detectable, perceptible
- Beyond the purview of man; too great and all-encompassing to be perceived.
- Synonyms:
- cosmic
- Antonyms:
- perceptible
Noun
imperceptible (plural imperceptibles)
- Something that is imperceptible.
- The worm that cauſeth it, is it any thing elſe but one of thoſe little Creatures, that hath deprived it ſelf from all ſocitety, to eſtabliſh it ſelf a Gyant in its own Countrey? If you ask me, VVhy they are bigger then other imperceptibles? I muſt ask you, VVhy Elephants are bigger then we?1659, Cyrano [de] Bergerac, translated by Tho[mas] Sᵗ Serf, Σεληναρχια. Or, The Government of the World in the Moon: A Comical History. […], London: […] J[ames] Cottrel, and are to be sold by...
- I come next to ſome other ſtrange Acquirements obtained by the helps of theſe Glaſſes; and particularly for the diſcerning the Imperceptibles of Nature; ſuch as, the Soul, Thought, Honeſty, Religion, Virginity, and an Hundred other nice things, too ſmall for humane Diſcerning.1705, [Daniel Defoe], The Consolidator: or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Bragg […], →OCLC, page 91
imperceptible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
imperceptible in Hindi
- not perceptible
- अगोचर agocar
imperceptible in Tamil
- புலப்படா
imperceptible in Urdu
- imperceptible, lost
- ملیامیٹ maliyāmeṭ
imperceptible in Bengali
- অতি সূক্ষ্ম, ইন্দ্রিয়াতীত
More languagesFewer languages
- imperceptible in Malayalam
- ഇന്ദ്രിയാതീത, ഇന്ദ്രിയാഗ്രാഹ്യ, ഇന്ദ്രിയഗോചരമല്ലാത്ത, അതിസൂക്ഷ്മം
- imperceptible in Kannada
- ತಿಳಿಯಲಾಗದ, ಕಾಣಲಾಗದ, ತೀರಾ ಚಿಕ್ಕ, ಅಗ್ರಾಹ್ಯ
- imperceptible in Punjabi
- ਅਲਖ alakh
Examples of imperceptible in a sentence
- A narrow, almost imperceptible path led them through the thickest of the wood.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […]...
- To my unpractised eye, the undulations in the track were quite imperceptible, but the engineer's hand on the throttle was never still.1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 425:
- Very small benefits may be imperceptible.1986, Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 75:
- What made it meaningful were not the facts or details, but the imperceptibles.2016, Noah Hawley, “Gil Baruch: June 5, 1967–August 26, 2015”, in Before the Fall, London: Hodder, published 2017, →ISBN, page 250:
Synonyms of imperceptible
- imperceivable
- undistinguishable
- unperceivable
- cosmic
- indiscernible
- insensible
- undetectable
- undiscernible
Antonyms
Forms of imperceptible
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more imperceptible |
| superlative | most imperceptible |
| Noun | |
| plural | imperceptibles |
Origin of imperceptible
Inherited from Middle English imperceptible, from Middle French imperceptible and its etymon Medieval Latin imperceptibilis. By surface analysis, im- + perceptible.
Words formed from imperceptible
Questions about imperceptible
- What does imperceptible mean?
- Imperceptible means not perceptible, not detectable, too small in magnitude to be observed.
- What is imperceptible in Hindi?
- Imperceptible in Hindi is अगोचर (agocar). See Imperceptible meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use imperceptible in a sentence?
- A narrow, almost imperceptible path led them through the thickest of the wood.
- What part of speech is imperceptible?
- Imperceptible can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near imperceptible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: imperceptible (page history and authors); imperceptible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ملیامیٹ (Urdu) (page history and authors); Imperceptible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imperceptible (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); imperceptible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਲਖ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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