impenetrableness

Examples

• All

• The impenetrableness of the text made it difficult for students to comprehend.

• Due to the impenetrableness of the fog, the ships could not navigate safely.

• The novel’s impenetrableness discouraged some readers from finishing it.

• Her impenetrableness during the meeting frustrated her colleagues.

• The impenetrableness of the philosopher’s argument left many readers confused.

• The impenetrableness of the novel discouraged some readers from finishing it.

• The impenetrableness of the text made it difficult for students to comprehend.

Synonyms

I

inscrutability

vsimpenetrableness

1 9.9

A quality that you cannot understand or know the reasons for

is broader applying to both physical barrier and mental incomprehension

I

incomprehensibility

vsimpenetrableness

1 9.9

A state where something is very hard to understand

is broader because it also covers physical resistance to entry

I

imperviousness

vsimpenetrableness

1 8.7

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

is broader as it also covers mental or intellectual barriers

I

impenetrability

vsimpenetrableness

1 9.9

Being impossible to go through, like thick walls or heavy fog

is the alternative noun form differing only in word ending

I

inconceivability

vsimpenetrableness

1 9.9

The state of being impossible to imagine or believe

is used more broadly to cover physical blockage as well

I

impassability

vsimpenetrableness

1 8.3

A situation where a road or path cannot be crossed

includes mental unintelligibility as well as physical blockage

I

impermeability

vsimpenetrableness

• Specialized

8.3

The quality of not letting water or air pass through

is broader, covering both more kinds of physical blockage and mental barriers

Antonyms

C

clarity

152 3.0

How easy it is to understand what someone says or writes

T

transparency

• Specialized

5 4.6

To let light pass so you can see objects behind

How Penetrable

openness

5 2.9

opacity

4 7.0

inaccessibility

2 8.3

impenetrableness

9.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology