Definition for Incommensurable:

• Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable.

Synonyms for Incommensurable:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • incommensurable.
  •different (adjective)
  • differential,
  • peculiar,
  • otherwise,
  • contrastive,
  • other,
  • divers,
  • poles apart,
  • offbeat,
  • like night and day,
  • mismated,
  • distinctive,
  • clashing,
  • unsimilar,
  • unalike,
  • unrelated,
  • discrepant,
  • changed,
  • unequal,
  • Contradistinctive,
  • altered,
  • opposed,
  • at odds,
  • contrary,
  • Deviating,
  • mismatched,
  • individual,
  • antithetic,
  • at variance,
  • Contradistinct,
  • inconsistent,
  • particular,
  • single,
  • divergent,
  • distinct,
  • various,
  • a far cry from,
  • colorful,
  • distant,
  • incomparable,
  • contrasting,
  • variant,
  • disparate.
  •diverse (adjective)
  • Diversiform,
  • opposite,
  • contradictory,
  • assorted,
  • miscellaneous,
  • sundry,
  • several,
  • diversified,
  • differing,
  • varied,
  • separate,
  • most opposite,
  • Contrasted,
  • discrete,
  • dissimilar,
  • mixed bag,
  • unlike,
  • manifold,
  • varying,
  • multifarious.

• n.

  •uncomparable (noun)
  • uncomparable.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • different,
  • diverse,
  • incommensurate.

Paraphrases for Incommensurable:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    immeasurable.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    immense.

Antonyms for Incommensurable:

• adj.

  • different
    uniform, conventional, same, harmonious, standard, homogeneous, like, unified, ordinary, correspondent, similar, usual, normal, united, Resembling, alike, common.
  • diverse
    parallel, conforming, identical.
  • Other antonyms:
    consistent, compatible, accordant, agreeing, comparable, suitable, commensurate.

Incommensurable Sentence Examples:

• In general, it is doubtful if the majority of an American class in geometry get much out of the incommensurable case.

• In such cases, the simplicity belongs to the object itself, and the infinite complexity to the views we take in turning around it, to the symbols by which our senses or intellect represent it to us, or, more generally, to elements of a different order, with which we try to imitate it artificially, but with which it remains incommensurable, being of a different nature.