Word Meanings - INCONCEIVABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion. It

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Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion. It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should represent an extended figure. Locke. -- In`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`con*ceiv"a*bly, adv. The inconceivableness of a quality existing without any subject to possess it. A. Tucker.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INCONCEIVABLE)

• Ineffable
• Inexpressible
• inconceivable
• insurpassable
• indeclarable
• indescribable
• exquisite
• perfect

Related words: (words related to INCONCEIVABLE)

• INEFFABLENESS
  The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.
• PERFECT
  Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. Perfect cadence , a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant. -- Perfect chord , a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly
• INCONCEIVABLE
  Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion. It
• PERFECTIONAL
  Of or pertaining to perfection; characterized by perfection. Bp. Pearson.
• PERFECTIBILITY
  The quality or state of being perfectible.
• INEFFABLE
  Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contenBeattie.
• PERFECTIBLE
  Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.
• PERFECTION
  1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an
• EXQUISITE
  1. Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship. Plate of rare device, and jewels Of reach and exquisite form. Shak.
• PERFECTNESS
  The quality or state of being perfect; perfection. "Charity, which is the bond of perfectness." Col. iii. 14.
• PERFECTIONMENT
  The act of bringing to perfection, or the state of having attained to perfection. I. Taylor.
• EXQUISITELY
  In an exquisite manner or degree; as, lace exquisitely wrought. To a sensitive observer there was something exquisitely painful in it. Hawthorne.
• PERFECTIBILIAN
  A perfectionist. Ed. Rev.
• PERFECTER
  One who, or that which, makes perfect. "The . . . perfecter of our faith." Barrow.
• EXQUISITENESS
  Quality of being exquisite.
• INEXPRESSIBLE
  Not capable of expression or utterance in language; ineffable; unspeakable; indescribable; unutterable; as, inexpressible grief or pleasure. "Inexpressible grandeur." Blair. In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood. Milton.
• PERFECTIONATE
  To perfect. Dryden.
• INEXPRESSIBLES
  Breeches; trousers. Ld. Lytton.
• PERFECTIONISM
  The doctrine of the Perfectionists.
• INDESCRIBABLE
  Incapable of being described. -- In`de*scrib"a*bly, adv.
• IMPERFECT
  1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient. Something he left imperfect in the state. Shak. Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. Shak. 2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential
• UNPERFECT
  To mar or destroy the perfection of. Sir P. Sidney.
• IMPERFECTIBLE
  Incapable of being mad perfect.
• OVEREXQUISITE
  Too exquisite; too exact or nice; too careful.
• IMPERFECTIBILITY
  The state or quality of being imperfectible.