Synonyms of fathomed

fathomed

verb

past tense of fathom

as in plumbed

to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line

the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plumbed
• scaled
• spanned
• gauged
• sounded
• remeasured
• replumbed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fathomed

Neither Cadillac nor Lincoln, both originally manufactured in Detroit, could have fathomed their legacies. — James Raia, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026

This was a scene even the most loyal Indiana fans couldn’t have fathomed when Curt Cignetti was hired to coach major college football’s losingest program in 2023. — Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026

Few would have fathomed that Poyer would be pivotal to the Bills’ success. — Tim Graham, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026

The big puzzles of today, including dark matter, dark energy, and the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry, could hardly have been fathomed at the time. — Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025

For reasons nobody has ever quite fathomed, people finally became receptive to the concept. — Brian Santo, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2019