'Incomprehensible' definitions:
Definition of 'incomprehensible'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons" [syn: inexplicable, incomprehensible] [ant: explicable]
adjective
Difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein [syn: incomprehensible, uncomprehensible] [ant: comprehendible, comprehensible]
Definition of 'Incomprehensible'
From: GCIDE
- Incomprehensible \In*com`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L. incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompr['e]hensible. See In- not, and Comprehensible.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Not capable of being contained within limits. [1913 Webster]
- An infinite and incomprehensible substance. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. [1913 Webster]
- And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible. --Milton. -- {In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com`pre*hen"si*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'incomprehensible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstruse,
- all-comprehensive,
- all-inclusive,
- ambiguous,
- antic,
- arcane,
- baffling,
- beguiling,
- bewildering,
- beyond understanding,
- boundless,
- countless,
- cryptic,
- dark,
- deep,
- endless,
- enigmatic,
- eternal,
- exceptional,
- exhaustless,
- extending everywhere,
- extraordinary,
- fabulous,
- fanciful,
- fantastic,
- fascinating,
- Greek to one,
- illimitable,
- illimited,
- immeasurable,
- immense,
- impenetrable,
- impossible,
- inarticulate,
- incalculable,
- incognizable,
- incoherent,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- indecipherable,
- inexhaustible,
- infinite,
- infinitely continuous,
- innumerable,
- inscrutable,
- interminable,
- interminate,
- limitless,
- marvelous,
- measureless,
- miraculous,
- mysterious,
- mystifying,
- no end of,
- numinous,
- obscure,
- occult,
- opaque,
- outlandish,
- passing strange,
- past comprehension,
- perpetual,
- perplexing,
- phenomenal,
- prodigious,
- puzzling,
- rambling,
- rare,
- recondite,
- remarkable,
- sensational,
- shoreless,
- strange,
- striking,
- stupendous,
- sumless,
- termless,
- unaccountable,
- unbelievable,
- unbounded,
- uncircumscribed,
- unconnected,
- undecipherable,
- unexpected,
- unfathomable,
- unheard-of,
- unimaginable,
- unintelligible,
- unique,
- universal,
- unknowable,
- unlimited,
- unmeasurable,
- unmeasured,
- unnumbered,
- unplumbed,
- unprecedented,
- unsearchable,
- untold,
- without bound,
- without end,
- without limit,
- without measure,
- without number,
- wonderful,
- wondrous