impenetrability

Examples

• All

• The air of mystery and impenetrability

  Academic text (2010)

• There remains much exasperation over the Japanese market's seeming impenetrability to many imports and most foreign direct investment.

  Academic text (1990)

• A forest of mystical impenetrability covered Europe from the Pyrenees to the Urals again.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Their relationship with glass surfaces and their physical impenetrability fits Mies's residential architecture to the description of Michel Carrouges's "Bachelor Machine," a mechanism designed for philosophical celibacy that renounces woman and the flesh, or at least women in the flesh.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The impenetrability of the dense fog made it difficult for the drivers to see the road ahead.

• Geologists studied the impenetrability of the rock layers to understand the region's geological history.

• The author's complicated writing style contributed to the impenetrability of her novels, making them challenging for readers.

Synonyms

I

inaccessibility

vsimpenetrability

2 8.3

A state when people cannot reach or get something easily

also implies inability to pass through or understand not just hard to reach

I

imperviousness

vsimpenetrability

1 8.7

A state of not allowing water, light, or ideas to pass through

also covers mental inability to understand as well as physical blocking

I

inscrutability

vsimpenetrability

1 9.9

A quality that you cannot understand or know the reasons for

is broader and also applies to physical barriers

I

incomprehensibility

vsimpenetrability

1 9.9

A state where something is very hard to understand

includes physical inability to pass through as well as mental difficulty

I

inexplicability

vsimpenetrability

1 9.8

A state when something cannot be explained or understood

also covers physical blockage and not just lack of explanation

I

impassability

vsimpenetrability

1 8.3

A situation where a road or path cannot be crossed

also includes difficulty in understanding not only physical obstruction

I

imperceptibility

vsimpenetrability

1 9.5

A state of being very hard to notice

also covers physical non-entry and lack of understanding not only low noticeability

I

impermeability

vsimpenetrability

• Specialized

1 8.3

The quality of not letting water or air pass through

is more general covering any blocked entry or lack of understanding

I

impenetrableness

vsimpenetrability

9.9

A quality of being impossible to get through or understand

is the same meaning but uses a different noun ending

I

impalpability

vsimpenetrability

9.9

You cannot easily understand or picture it in your mind

includes physical blockage as well as mental incomprehension

I

impermeableness

vsimpenetrability

• Specialized

9.8

The quality of not letting water pass through something

is wider and applies to physical and mental barriers rather than only fluids

I

indiscernibility

vsimpenetrability

9.9

A state in which something is impossible to see or tell apart

also covers blocking entry and understanding not just being unseen

Antonyms

A

accessibility

23 3.4

How easy it is for people to reach or use something

P

penetrability

1 8.0

How easily people, light, or other things can pass through something

How Impenetrable

impenetrability

1 9.9

inaccessibility

2 8.3

penetrability

1 8.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology