fathomable
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4.9
- adjective
- /ˈfæðəməbl/
:
comprensible
- Although the theory was complex, the scientist presented it in a fathomable manner that everyone understood.
You cannot imagine the ghastly wars I've seen the little goolies walking around fathomable creatures.
- You cannot imagine the ghastly wars I've seen the little goolies walking around fathomable creatures.
Examples
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Her reasons for moving were perfectly fathomable given her desire for a fresh start.
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Hope it's more fathomable than Primer, as that was not a good date movie.
Blog text (21) -
Nearly anything fathomable is available to all citizens.
Blog text (13) -
One might witness strange habits, not quite fathomable in terms of practical life.
Fiction book (2000) -
So too, in a less fathomable way, was Diane, who seemed at last prepared to let the subject drop.
Fiction book (1995) -
I cannot find any really honestly, legitimate, any fathomable reason for this man to be on air.
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Lydia's dance is a way of communicating her pain, making it "fathomable," real, visible, and unavoidable—a pain that Silas cannot run away from.
Academic text (2008) -
On fourth-and-goal, they try to hit Roddy in the back of the end zone, but Tyson Clabo is abused by Cameron Jordan, Ryan is forced to throw off his back foot, and alas, the undefeated season is as fathomable as my chances in the NFL.
Blog text (20) -
The teacher explained the topic in a way that made it easily fathomable for the students.
Synonyms
171
1.6
Clear and easy to see what it means or why someone feels that way
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3.7
Easy to understand
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4.4
Easy to hear and understand
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3.8
Easy to understand
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3.9
Easy to understand and remember
4
4.6
Something you can learn or understand
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5.5
Something people can understand because there is a clear reason
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5.7
Able to be understood or explained
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3.8
Easy to understand or learn
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3.7
Easy to read or understand
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7.5
Most people can understand it easily
Easy to understand
Easy to read because words use regular letter sounds
Someone can understand or solve it if they try
Antonyms
How Understandable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fathomable comes from the old English root fathom, which meant 'embrace' or 'outstretched arms' and gives the image of 'getting your arms around' something. So if an idea is fathomable, you can 'get your arms around' it and understand it.