INCOMMUNICABLE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

incommunicable

adjective

ˌin-kə-ˈmyü-ni-kə-bəl

Definition of incommunicable

as in ineffable

beyond the power to describe the vastness of the universe is incommunicable

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Recent Examples of incommunicable But because some crucial part of artistic expression is always slipping toward the incommunicable, the most powerful art is sometimes less a dialogue than a soliloquy. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026 Margaret would whisper in the dark and laugh quietly, entertained by her own incommunicable thoughts. — Literary Hub, 22 Apr. 2026 And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life. — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable. — Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020 But the works test, in the depths of the incommunicable, the degree of anyone’s courage to envisage the bad in life, the worse, and the almost inconceivably abysmal. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2020

Recent Examples of Synonyms for incommunicable

Adjective

This Dansk Kobenstyle enameled casserole dish with its geometric handles and subtle curves manages to be both stylish and understated in that ineffable Scandinavian way.

— Clara Hillis, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2026
Too much wanting for something ineffable, something that feels more like absence than body, the negative space around a someone.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026

Definition of ineffable

Adjective

The universe of the film, as all of Nolan’s worlds are, is one drawn from the muted colors of reluctant determination and it’s structured by a gravity of inexpressible guilt.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Much like the famed British poets of World War I, who sought to express the inexpressible, Abu Toha strives to capture the unspeakable carnage, futility, and despair of war.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025

Definition of inexpressible

Adjective

The brain-squeezing rush of those starts is nearly indescribable.

— Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 15 July 2026
Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s totally indescribable HBO series was both a grand evolution of the Tim Robinson experience and a wildly original contribution to what television could be and feel like.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Definition of indescribable

Adjective

Attendees will enter the iconic Lament Configuration puzzle box, summoning the Cenobites and opening a gateway to a dimension full of unspeakable horrors.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
The tragic murder of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, allegedly at the hands of their son Nick Reiner, left Hollywood in shock and the Reiner family facing unspeakable grief.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 July 2026

Definition of unspeakable

Adjective

Our movie tastes are determined by some indefinable electrical current of enthusiasm or joy or deep, radiating sadness, or some combination of the three.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Of course, beauty is subject to taste and culture and all sorts of indefinable things.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026

Definition of indefinable

Adjective

An idle scroll through any social media feed will reveal violent language against Jewish people that was considered widely unutterable a few years ago.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 1 May 2026
Stripped of orchestral arrangement, the emotion in Ross’s voice provokes that unutterable connection that makes singer and listener one in a desire to act in the present for the present.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025

Definition of unutterable

Adjective

Every second of White Nights is steeped in a longing for the impossible, which is maybe why its beauty feels so untouchable, so unexplainable even to this day.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Her unexplainable absences leads to a lack of hope, wisdom, and encouragement Odysseus desperately needs in peril.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of unexplainable

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