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Fathomless
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Simple meaning
What does Fathomless mean?
Fathomless means too deep or mysterious to understand.
Dictionary definition
Too deep to measure or too difficult to understand completely.
Example sentences
Fathomless in a sentence
easy
The cave seemed fathomless in the dark.
medium
The character stared into the fathomless sea.
hard
The poem uses fathomless grief to suggest a feeling too deep to explain.
Synonyms
Words like Fathomless
bottomlessUse for something that seems to have no bottom.
unfathomableUse for something too difficult to understand.
Antonyms
Opposite words
Word family
Fathomless word family
Base word
fathomless
adjective
fathom
To understand deeply or measure depth.
adjective
fathomable
Possible to understand.
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Practice 1
What does fathomless mean?
Fathomless means too deep or mysterious to understand.
Practice 2
Which word is closest in meaning to fathomless?
Unfathomable is close in meaning to fathomless in the right context.
Practice 3
Which word is an antonym of fathomless?
Shallow contrasts with fathomless.
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