impenetrable

Meaning

Opposite of
penetrable, permeable, pregnable, fathomable, confusing, incomprehensible
Synonyms

impervious
30k
impermeable
impassable
40k
dense
C1
thick
B2
incomprehensible
C2
unintelligible
C2
unfathomable
34k
inscrutable
39k
impregnable
29k
indecipherable
solid
B2
proof
B1
heavy
B1
resistant
C2
strange
A2
traceless
unarticulated
uncomprehended
ungrasped
unhoped
unhoped-for
unknowable
47k
unreal
C2
unsolved
C2
unspeakable
C2
unthought
unthought-of
waterproof
20k
watertight
30k
uncomprehensible

very deep

not to be divided

noncomprehensive
ununderstood
deep
A2
unpenetrable
enigmatic
27k
immune
C1
inaccessible
26k
incognizable
incomprehensive
inconceivable
22k
inextricable
invulnerable
27k
miraculous
C2
mysterious
B2
nonporous
numb
C1
puzzling
22k
Translations

impenetrabile
impénétrable
impenetrable
ondoordringbaar

αδιαπέραστος

undurchdringlich
impenetrável
undurchlässig
imperméable
unzugänglich
impenetrable
منيع

impenetrabiilis

unerkennbar

منعاء

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmˈpɛnətɹəbəl/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
inpenetrabel
In summary

From Middle English inpenetrabel, inpenetrabyle, from Middle French impenetrable or directly from its etymon, Latin impenetrābilis. By surface analysis, im- + penetrable.

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