Synonyms of inscrutableness

inscrutableness

noun

1

as in mysteriousness

the quality or state of being impossible to know, understand, or explain

it's the sheer inscrutableness of the lady's smile that has tantalized art lovers for centuries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mysteriousness
• ambiguity
• impenetrability
• uncanniness
• inscrutability
• numinousness
• obscurity
• darkness
• shadowiness
• vagueness
• equivocalness
• profundity
• murkiness
• equivocality
• unintelligibleness
• deepness
• inexplicableness
• unintelligibility
• inexplicability
• incomprehensibility
• unanswerability
• unknowability
• abstruseness
• esotericism
• hermetism
• abstrusity
• reconditeness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intelligibility
• understandability
• transparency
• clarity
• straightforwardness
• obviousness
• plainness
• self-evidence

2

as in ambiguity

the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning

the inscrutableness of the inscriptions left by the doomed colonists of Roanoke Island has inspired many theories concerning their fate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ambiguity
• ambiguousness
• mysteriousness
• mystery
• uncertainty
• equivocalness
• opacity
• inscrutability
• complexity
• opaqueness
• obliquity
• obliqueness
• murkiness
• darkness
• equivocation
• nebulosity
• nebulousness
• obscurity
• depth
• vagueness
• incomprehensibleness
• reconditeness
• indistinctness
• cloudiness
• impenetrability
• dimness
• indefiniteness
• fuzziness
• haziness
• faintness
• mistiness
• fogginess
• incomprehensibility
• difficulty
• indirectness
• shade
• circuity
• profoundness
• complication
• shadow
• abstrusity
• obtuseness
• abstruseness
• deepness
• circuitousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clarity
• clearness
• brightness
• certainty
• obviousness
• intelligibility
• plainness
• legibility
• distinctness
• incision
• comprehensibility
• surety
• exactness
• lucidity
• definiteness
• openness
• visibility
• directness
• perspicuity
• incisiveness
• explicitness
• straightforwardness
• forthrightness
• readability
• self-evidence
• perspicuousness
• tangibleness
• tangibility
• readableness
• lucidness
• obviousness
• palpability