Definition for Unknowable:

• un-n[= o]' a-bl, adj. incapable of being known.-- n. that which cannot be known, the first or original cause: that which is cognisable only in its relations.-- n. UNKNOW'ABLENESS.-- adv. UNKNOW'ABLY.-- adj. UNKNOW'ING, ignorant, obtuse.-- adv. UNKNOW'INGLY.-- n. UNKNOW'INGNESS.-- adj. UNKNOWN', not known, mentally apprehended, recognised, or made know.-- n. UNKNOWN'NESS.

Synonyms for Unknowable:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • unknowable.
  •arcane (adjective)
  • impenetrable,
  • cabalistic,
  • mystic,
  • esoteric,
  • recondite,
  • occult.
  •supernatural (adjective)
  • invisible,
  • ghostly,
  • fabulous,
  • mythical,
  • psychic,
  • unearthly,
  • celestial,
  • spectral,
  • superior,
  • phantom,
  • heavenly,
  • phenomenal,
  • superhuman,
  • legendary,
  • abnormal,
  • uncomprehensible,
  • mythological,
  • miraculous,
  • unusual,
  • concealed,
  • fairy.
  •superphysical (adjective)
  • Extramundane,
  • Supersensible.
  •unaccountable (adjective)
  • odd,
  • peculiar,
  • astonishing,
  • uncommon,
  • unwonted.
  •uncomprehensible (adjective)
  • un comprehensible,
  • un-comprehensible.
  •unfathomable (adjective)
  • heavy,
  • indecipherable,
  • deep,
  • profound,
  • too deep.
  •unforeseeable (adjective)
  • fluky,
  • changeable,
  • capricious,
  • unexpected,
  • chance,
  • random,
  • chancy,
  • from left field,
  • incalculable.
  •unimaginable (adjective)
  • exceptional,
  • Inapprehensible,
  • singular,
  • un-ordinary,
  • indescribable,
  • doubtful,
  • unique,
  • not understandable,
  • ineffable,
  • beyond wildest dreams,
  • unordinary.
  •unintelligible (adjective)
  • inarticulate,
  • meaningless,
  • inexplicit,
  • unexplicit,
  • incoherent,
  • illegible,
  • jumbled,
  • vague,
  • indistinct,
  • tenebrous,
  • muddled.
  •unpredictable (adjective)
  • unforeseeable.

• n.

  •
  • obscure,
  • strange,
  • private,
  • uncertain,
  • personal,
  • hidden,
  • anonymous,
  • secret.
  •unknowable (noun)
  • unknown.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • alchemistic,
  • arcane,
  • astrological,
  • enigmatical,
  • extrasensory,
  • incognizable,
  • incomprehensible,
  • inconceivable,
  • inscrutable,
  • mysterious,
  • necromantic,
  • nonrational,
  • poker-faced,
  • sorcerous,
  • supernatural,
  • unaccountable,
  • undiscoverable,
  • unfathomable,
  • unintelligible,
  • unrevealed,
  • wizardly,
  • Incogitable,
  • Insupposable,
  • Mysterial,
  • Telestic,
  • Supermundane,
  • Superphysical,
  • ungraspable,
  • extra ordinary,
  • unheard of,
  • reachy,
  • sphinxlike,
  • superordinary,
  • supranatural,
  • won't fly,
  • won't wash.
  •n.
  • incognoscible,
  • transcendent,
  • unascertainable.

Antonyms for Unknowable:

• adj.

  • all
    knowable.
  • arcane
    commonplace, known, common, normal, outward.
  • impenetrable
    intelligible, obvious, understandable, explainable, comprehensible, plain, explicable, thin, clear, porous, penetrable, soft, permeable.
  • incomprehensible
    believable, imaginable, fathomable.
  • inconceivable
    possible, plausible, conceivable, usual, credible, tenable, likely, Familiar, reasonable.
  • inscrutable
    evident.
  • mysterious
    regular, public, apparent, visible, bright, tangible, comprehendible, unmysterious, straightforward.
  • mystic
    physical.
  • mystic/mystical
    natural, undisguised, palpable.
  • supernatural
    genuine, earthly, hellish, existent, true, real.
  • unaccountable
    accountable, responsible.
  • unimaginable
    customary, describable, bad, ordinary, poor.
  • unintelligible
    decipherable, meaningful.
  • Other antonyms:
    cognisable, Cognoscible, cognizable.

Unknowable Sentence Examples:

• For my own part I content myself with the thought of some unknown and doubtless unknowable tendency or power in the elements themselves - a kind of universal mind pervading living matter and the reason of its living, through which the whole drama of evolution is brought about.

• There was no such thing as the unknowable in those days.