Word Meanings - INCOMPREHENSIBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Not capable of being contained within limits. An infinite and incomprehensible substance. Hooker. 2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. And all her numbered stars that seem

Additional info about word: INCOMPREHENSIBLE

1. Not capable of being contained within limits. An infinite and incomprehensible substance. Hooker. 2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible. Milton. -- In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness, n. -- In*com`pre*hen"si*bly, adv.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INCOMPREHENSIBLE)

• Mysterious
• Dim
• obscure
• unrevealed
• unexplained
• unaccountable
• reserved
• veiled
• hidden
• secret
• incomprehensible
• mystic
• inexplicable

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of INCOMPREHENSIBLE)

• Reveal
• make known
• discover

Related words: (words related to INCOMPREHENSIBLE)

• RESERVE
  1. To keep back; to retain; not to deliver, make over, or disclose. "I have reserved to myself nothing." Shak. 2. Hence, to keep in store for future or special use; to withhold from present use for another purpose or time; to keep; to retain. Gen.
• OBSCURENESS
  Obscurity. Bp. Hall.
• INEXPLICABLE
  Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable mystery. "An inexplicable scratching." Cowper. Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and perplexed, to others
• OBSCURER
  One who, or that which, obscures.
• VEILED PLATE
  A fogged plate.
• SECRETE
  To separate from the blood and elaborate by the process of secretion; to elaborate and emit as a secretion. See Secretion. Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not known. Carpenter. Syn. -- To conceal; hide. See
• SECRETARY
  secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, 1. One who keeps, or is intrusted with, secrets. 2. A person employed to write orders, letters, dispatches, public
• DISCOVERTURE
  A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. (more info) 1. Discovery.
• SECRET
  segreto), fr. L. secretus, p.p. of secrernere to put apart, to 1. Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow. Shak. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us. Deut.
• DISCOVERABLE
  Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry.
• DISCOVERY
  1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next
• VEILING
  A veil; a thin covering; also, material for making veils.
• DISCOVERER
  1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A scout; an explorer. Shak.
• RESERVOR
  One who reserves; a reserver.
• RESERVATIVE
  Tending to reserve or keep; keeping; reserving.
• MYSTIC
  One given to mysticism; one who holds mystical views, interpretations, etc.; especially, in ecclesiastical history, one who professed mysticism. See Mysticism.
• SECRETNESS
  1. The state or quality of being secret, hid, or concealed. 2. Secretiveness; concealment. Donne.
• DISCOVERT
  An uncovered place or part. At discovert, uncovered. Chaucer.
• OBSCUREMENT
  The act of obscuring, or the state of being obscured; obscuration. Pomfret.
• RESERVATION
  1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; concealment, or withholding from disclosure; reserve. A. Smith. With reservation of an hundred knights. Shak. Make some reservation of your wrongs. Shak. 2. Something withheld, either not expressed
• UNDERSECRETARY
  A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
• UNVEIL
  To remove a veil from; to divest of a veil; to uncover; to disclose to view; to reveal; as, she unveiled her face.
• SUBOBSCURELY
  Somewhat obscurely or darkly. Donne.
• INVEIL
  To cover, as with a vail. W. Browne.