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Impenetrable

Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield.

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Dense 84% connected

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense c…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Dense 84% connected

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense c…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Incomprehensible 84% connected

Not capable of being contained within limits.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Incomprehensible 84% connected

Not capable of being contained within limits.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Thick 84% connected

Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seve…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Impenetrableness 74% connected

The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Impenetrableness 74% connected

The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dense 92% connected

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense c…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Heavy 92% connected

Having the heaves.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Penetrable 94% connected

Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Penetrable 94% connected

Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Used also figuratively.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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