Fathom

/ˈfað(ə)m/

Synonyms for "fathom" (186 found)

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Closest matches (38)

absorb answer appraise appreciate apprehend ascertain assay assess assimilatebe acquainted withbe apprised ofbe aware ofbe cognizant ofbe conscious ofbe conversant withbe informedbe with onebottom calculate calibrate

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calipercast the leadcatchcatch oncheck a parameterclear upcognize comprehend compute conceive conceptualize crack debug

Noun(4 words)

apprehendcomplete understandingcomprehend comprehending

Verb(1 words)

bottom

Strong matches (55)

decipher decodedelve intodetermine dial digdig intodigest discern disentangle divide divine do dopedope outestimate evaluate explain explore figure

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figure outfind outfind the answerfind the solutionfollow gather gauge getget hold ofget rightget the driftget the hang ofget the ideaget the picturego intograduate grasp guessguess righthavehave information abouthave ithave it tapedhave knowledge ofhit ithit the nail on the headindagate interpret

Noun(6 words)

depth unitdepths fthm gauge grasp grasping

Verb(1 words)

groks

Related words (93)

investigate ken kilometer know learnlook intomakemake a soundingmake outmaster measure mensurate mete meteropen the lockpace peerpeer intopenetrate perceive

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pierce plumbplumb the depthsplumb-linepoke intopossess prehend prize probe prypry intopsychpsych outpuzzle outquantify quantize rate ravelravel outread realize recognize resolve riddle savvy searchsearch intosearch outsee seizeseize the meaningsense sift sizesize upsling the leadsolvesort outsound span step survey taketake a readingtake intake soundingstriangulate twig understand undo unlock unravel unriddle unscramble untangle untwist unweave valuate value water weigh workwork outwotwot of

Noun(6 words)

length unitmeasurement unitpenetrating soundsounding exerciseunderstand

Verb(2 words)

penetrate sound

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

21 entries

assesscapacity measurecapacity unitcognitioncubage unitcubature unitcubic content unitcubic measuredisplacement unitknowledgelength unitlinear measurelinear unitmeasuremeasurement unit

Showing 16 of 21 words.

More specific

11 entries

appreciate bathymetry decodedepth soundingdiscern interpretone fathomsix fathomssonar measurementthree fathomstwo fathoms

Collocations

11 entries

fathom a conceptfathom a questionfathom depthfathom the depthsfathom the implicationsfathom the meaningfathom unitfathoms deepnautical depthtwo fathomswater depth

Inflections

3 entries

fathomed fathoming fathoms

Derivations

5 entries

fathomability fathomable fathometer fathometry fathomless

Translations

71 translations across 53 languages.

Aklanon

1 entries

dupa noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ὀργυιά noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Arabic

1 entries

قامة noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Bulgarian

2 entries

клафтер noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
фатом noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Catalan

1 entries

braça noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Cebuano

1 entries

dupa noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

英寻 noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
英尋 /英寻 noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Czech

1 entries

sáh noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Danish

1 entries

favn noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Dutch

1 entries

vadem noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Erzya

1 entries

сэль noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Esperanto

1 entries

klafto noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Estonian

1 entries

süld noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Faroese

1 entries

favnur noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Finnish

1 entries

syli noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

French

2 entries

brasse noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
toise noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Galician

1 entries

braza noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Georgian

2 entries

ზღვის საჟენი noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
საზღვაო საჟენი noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

German

2 entries

Faden noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
Klafter noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Greek

1 entries

οργιά noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Hebrew

2 entries

אַמַּת יָם noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
פַאדוֹם noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Higaonon

1 entries

dupa noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Hungarian

1 entries

öl noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Icelandic

1 entries

faðmur noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Ilocano

1 entries

deppa noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Irish

1 entries

feá noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Isnag

1 entries

dappa noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Italian

1 entries

braccio noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Japanese

2 entries

ファゾム noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
尋 noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Malay

1 entries

depa noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Mansaka

1 entries

dupa noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Māori

3 entries

aronui noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
mārō noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
whanganga noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Norman

1 entries

brache noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Occitan

1 entries

braça noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Persian

3 entries

باز noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
بازه noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
باژ noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Polish

1 entries

sążeń noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Portuguese

1 entries

braça noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Romanian

3 entries

braț noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
fathom noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
stânjen marin noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Russian

3 entries

морская са́жень noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
фадом noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
фатом noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Sanskrit

1 entries

व्याम noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

hvȃt noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
хва̑т) noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Slovak

1 entries

siaha noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Slovene

1 entries

seženj noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Spanish

1 entries

braza noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Swedish

1 entries

famn noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Tagalog

1 entries

dipa noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Telugu

1 entries

బార noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Tetum

1 entries

roha noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Thai

1 entries

วา noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Tocharian B

1 entries

keṣe noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Turkish

1 entries

kulaç noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Ukrainian

2 entries

сажень noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
фатом noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Welsh

2 entries

gwrhyd noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)
gwryd noun (measure of six feet — see also brace, toise)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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I can't fathom what you said.

Source: tatoeba (70702)

I can't begin to fathom how someone could believe that one race is superior to another.

Source: tatoeba (610691)

How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality? Is human reason, then, without experience, merely by taking thought, able to fathom the properties of real things.

Source: tatoeba (2725867)

Good day, lords. In what way can I refine upon my adroitness in aural comprehension? It is genuinely arduous for me to fathom the parlance of the English, although my scribbling deftness is unerring.

Source: tatoeba (4274457)

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