On the east the high mountain-chain of Zagros, penetrable only in one or two places, forms a barrier of the most marked character, and is beyond a doubt the natural limit for which we are looking.
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Penetrable
/ˈpɛnətɹəbəl/
Synonyms for "penetrable" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (16)
cognizablecome-at-ablecomprehensibleconquerableeasily understoodeasy to understandexotericexpugnablefathomablefindablegetatablegettableintelligibleknowableliableobtainable
Related words (26)
openopen toopenablepermeableperviousplumbableporoseporouspregnableprehensibleprocurablereachablereadablescrutablesecurablesurmountableto be hadunderstandablevinciblevulnerable
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weakwithin reach
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
permeable membrane
Related word relations
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More general
5 entriesbreach susceptibilitymaterial propertyphysical propertysecurity vulnerabilitysystem weakness
More specific
5 entriesentry pointpervious layerporous materialsecurity flawsystem breach
Collocations
5 entriespenetrable barrierpermeable membraneporous materialporous rockselective permeability
Inflections
2 entriesmore penetrablemost penetrable
Derivations
5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
A Boer may know you, but it will take you some time to know him, and when a certain stage in your acquaintance is reached, you may begin to wonder whether his real nature is penetrable at all.
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A capacity is cognitively penetrable in this sense if that capacity is affected by the subject's knowledge or ignorance of the domain.
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