Synonyms of inscrutable
31 similar words
Another word for inscrutable is mysterious. Other synonyms of inscrutable are inexplicable, obscure, unintelligible, unknowable and abstruse.
Synonyms and similar words for inscrutable
adjectiveDifficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
- abstruseDifficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.
- Chinese
- denseObscure or difficult to understand.
- enigmatic
- fathomless
- bottomless
- Greek
- inapprehensibleThat cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
- incognizableNot cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incomprehensible
- ineffable
- inenubilable formal, literaryInexplicable, mysterious, unclear.
- inexplicableImpossible to explain; not easily accounted for.
- impenetrableIncomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable.
- insensibleUnable to be understood; unintelligible.
- insolubleThat cannot be explained.
- insolvable
- mysteriousDifficult to understand.
- nonunderstandableNot understandable.
- obscureDifficult to understand; abstruse.
- tenebrose figurativelyObscure; obtuse; incomprehensible.
- thickDifficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- undecipherableNot easily deciphered; difficult to read.
- undiscoverable
- unexplainableThat doesn't have a known or readily available explanation.
- unfathomableImpossible to grasp the extent of, or to fully know or understand.
- ungraspable
- unintelligibleNot intelligible; unable to be understood.
- unknowableNot knowable; not able to be known.
- ununderstandableNot understandable; that cannot be understood.
- retruse obsolete
Meaning of inscrutable
- adjective Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
- noun One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.
inscrutable in other languages
Questions about synonyms of inscrutable
- What is another word for inscrutable?
- Inscrutable has 31 synonyms on Word.ws, such as mysterious, inexplicable, obscure, unintelligible, unknowable, abstruse, dense and insoluble.
- What does inscrutable mean?
- Inscrutable means difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
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