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" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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Antonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- проницаем adj (capable of being penetrated)
Catalan
1 entries- penetrable adj (capable of being penetrated)
Czech
1 entries- proniknutelný adj (capable of being penetrated)
Dutch
1 entries- doordringbaar adj (capable of being penetrated)
Finnish
2 entries- läpäistävissä oleva adj (capable of being penetrated)
- läpäistävä adj (capable of being penetrated)
French
1 entries- pénétrable adj (capable of being penetrated)
Galician
2 entries- penetrable adj (capable of being penetrated)
- penetrábel adj (capable of being penetrated)
German
1 entries- durchlässig adj (capable of being penetrated)
Italian
3 entries- penetrabile adj (capable of being penetrated)
- perforabile adj (capable of being penetrated)
- trapassabile adj (capable of being penetrated)
Latin
1 entries- penetrābilis adj (capable of being penetrated)
Macedonian
2 entries- пробивен adj (capable of being penetrated)
- пробоен adj (capable of being penetrated)
Manx
1 entries- yn-towlagh adj (capable of being penetrated)
Polish
1 entries- penetrowalny adj (capable of being penetrated)
Portuguese
1 entries- penetrável adj (capable of being penetrated)
Romanian
1 entries- penetrabil adj (capable of being penetrated)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- próbōjan adj (capable of being penetrated)
- про́бо̄јан adj (capable of being penetrated)
Spanish
1 entries- penetrable adj (capable of being penetrated)
Sample 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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