Skip to main content
immeasurable

immeasurable

14 5.5
So large or great you cannot say how big
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈmɛʒərəbəl/
: incalculable
  • Education has immeasurable power to promote growth and stability around the world.
  • immeasurable impact

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • Often times when we see immeasurable suffering, we feel powerless or discouraged.

  • Its potential applications in tech, in medicine, in defense are immeasurable.

  • The impact will be immeasurable in terms of how we will be able to improve our support to patients.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The other is that the system has produced immeasurable benefits for Japan as a nation.

    Academic text (1994)
  • These advancing diseases cost billions of dollars a year to treat and contain, not to mention the immeasurable cost in human lives and suffering.

  • But as I stand on this stage, childish irritation is replaced by immeasurable gratitude.

  • This honour will confer immeasurable economic and social status on Edinburgh, on Scotland, on the medical profession, and, of course, on its recipient.

  • The love of a parent for their child is often considered immeasurable, transcending any limits.

  • After years of hard work, she felt immeasurable pride in her accomplishments at the award ceremony.

  • The disaster caused immeasurable suffering to the affected families, highlighting the need for aid.

Synonyms

enormous
vsimmeasurable
754 2.1

Very large in size, amount, or effect

means being much bigger but still potentially measurable
limitless
vsimmeasurable
39 4.0

Very large and without any end

refers specifically to being beyond measurement rather than endlessness alone
untold
vsimmeasurable
37 4.8

A very large amount that cannot be counted or measured

stresses being beyond precise measurement rather than only countless number
boundless
vsimmeasurable
26 5.0

Having no limit in size or amount

is about being impossible to measure rather than simply unbounded
incalculable
vsimmeasurable
12 8.1

Too great to measure or count

focuses on being beyond any practical measurement or count
beyond measure
vsimmeasurable
10 4.6

To a very great degree

states the same extreme degree but centers on measurement impossibility
unbounded
vsimmeasurable
5 6.3

Not limited in amount or size

focuses on inability to assign a measurement rather than limitless feel
inestimable
vsimmeasurable
3 8.6

So great that you cannot measure its value

is about being impossible to measure or calculate
fathomless
vsimmeasurable
2 8.6

So deep that you cannot measure or understand it

focuses on sheer scale rather than the idea of deep mystery
unquantifiable
vsimmeasurable
1 7.8

Impossible to measure or show with a number

is about being beyond measurement rather than merely vague
unmeasurable
vsimmeasurable
1 6.2

Too large or without clear limits to say how big it is

emphasizes inability to determine the exact size or amount
measureless
vsimmeasurable
  • Literature
1 7.5

Very large in size or number with no clear limit

emphasizes the same lack of measurable boundaries rather than size alone
illimitable
vsimmeasurable
  • Literature
1 9.9

An amount or space that has no end and cannot be measured

highlights being too large to measure rather than mere lack of limits
incommensurable
vsimmeasurable
  • Formal
1 9.9

Cannot be measured or compared because there is no common standard

is about sheer inability to measure size or amount
nonmeasurable
vsimmeasurable
1 7.2

You cannot give a number or amount for it

adds the idea of extreme size making measurement impossible
incomputable
vsimmeasurable
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Too hard to calculate or measure

focuses on impossibility to measure rather than computational limits
immensurable
vsimmeasurable
9.9

Too great to measure

states the same impossibility to assign a measure or number

Antonyms

37 3.7

Possible to find how much or how big something is

How Big

immeasurable
14 5.5
immense
132 3.7
huge
∞ 1.0
big
∞ 1.0
small
3 1.1

Surface Forms

immeasurable positive

Morphology

immeasurable = measurable (transparent) = im + measure + able

The immediate base 'measurable' is clearly 'measure' + '-able', and adding the negative prefix 'im-' yields the expected opposite meaning.

Etymology

Immeasurable starts with in- 'not' and uses the familiar word measure 'to find size', like using a tape measure. So, something immeasurable is 'not able to be measured' because it is too big, deep, or great.