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unknowable
adjective as in arcane
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adjective as in impenetrable
adjective as in incomprehensible
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adjective as in inconceivable
adjective as in inscrutable
adjective as in mysterious
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adjective as in mystic
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adjective as in mystic/mystical
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- abstruse
- anagogic
- arcane
- cabalistic
- cryptic
- enigmatical
- hidden
- imaginary
- impenetrable
- inscrutable
- magic
- magical
- metaphysical
- mysterial
- mysterious
- necromantic
- nonrational
- numinous
- occult
- otherworldly
- paranormal
- preternatural
- quixotic
- sorcerous
- spiritual
- supernatural
- telestic
- thaumaturgic
- transcendental
- unaccountable
- visionary
- wizardly
adjective as in mystifying
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adjective as in supernatural
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adjective as in superphysical
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- abnormal
- celestial
- concealed
- dark
- extramundane
- extrasensory
- fabulous
- fairy
- ghostly
- heavenly
- hidden
- impenetrable
- invisible
- legendary
- metaphysical
- miraculous
- mystic
- mythical
- mythological
- numinous
- obscure
- occult
- paranormal
- phantom
- phenomenal
- preternatural
- psychic
- rare
- secret
- spectral
- superhuman
- superior
- supermundane
- superordinary
- supersensible
- supranatural
- transcendental
- uncanny
- uncomprehensible
- unearthly
- unfathomable
- unintelligible
- unknown
- unnatural
- unrevealed
- unusual
adjective as in supersensible
Weak matches
- abnormal
- celestial
- concealed
- dark
- extramundane
- extrasensory
- fabulous
- fairy
- ghostly
- heavenly
- hidden
- impenetrable
- invisible
- legendary
- metaphysical
- miraculous
- mystic
- mythical
- mythological
- numinous
- obscure
- occult
- paranormal
- phantom
- phenomenal
- preternatural
- psychic
- rare
- secret
- spectral
- superhuman
- superior
- supermundane
- superordinary
- superphysical
- supranatural
- transcendental
- uncanny
- uncomprehensible
- unearthly
- unfathomable
- unintelligible
- unknown
- unnatural
- unrevealed
- unusual
adjective as in unaccountable
adjective as in uncomprehensible
adjective as in unfathomable
adjective as in unforeseeable
adjective as in unimaginable
adjective as in unintelligible
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Example Sentences
X and Y could be terrible on their own, unknowable terms, and therefore incomparable.
He was always affable but ultimately unknowable; intellectually incurious but ferociously ambitious.
Doug Kenney was many things to many people—funny, generous, unknowable.
The Glassless will walk around with heads ducked down, desperate to avoid the mysterious, unknowable intentions of the Glassed.
“People are unknowable,” Hardy mutters—his last lesson for Miller.
One might almost say that the air, the invisible air, is full of unknowable Forces, whose mysterious presence we have to endure.
I have no intention of discussing here the philosophic value of the "Unknowable."
With this we can all agree, but it does not bring us any nearer an "unknowable."
We have already referred to the use made by religionists of Spencer's "Unknowable."
He bases all his knowledge upon his knowledge of "the unknowable."
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On this page you'll find 670 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to unknowable, such as: esoteric, impenetrable, cabalistic, mysterious, mystic, and occult.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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