Unknowable

adj, noun

adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that cannot be known.

    "That night I think of other unknowables. How much love does one need in a lifetime? Is there a quantity of brain space that is allocated to love? And for those of us who have loved less, does this space become occupied by something else? Like cricket, or religion, perhaps."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not knowable; not able to be known.

    "Number fourteen: Some of the things you need to know are things that are unknowable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not knowable wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
unintelligibleableabstruseambiguousarcanebeyond understanding

Example

More examples

"Religion is a daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable."

Etymology

From un- + knowable.

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