fathomable

• Beschreibt etwas, das verstanden oder begriffen werden kann.

Describes something that is capable of being understood or comprehended.

1. Measurable depthC1formal

   Capable of being measured or sounded for depth, especially in water.

   Messbare Tiefe

   • The lake is shallow enough to be fathomable with a simple line.
   • Ancient sailors only navigated waters that were fathomable.
   • The ocean floor in this region is easily fathomable.

   Synonymemeasurableplumbablesoundable

   Antonymebottomlessimmeasurableunfathomableunsoundable

2. Understandable or comprehensibleC1formal

   Capable of being understood or grasped by the mind.

   Begreifbar

   • Her motives were not fathomable to the casual observer.
   • The complex theory is barely fathomable without a strong background in physics.
   • His reasoning, though strange, was ultimately fathomable.

   Synonymeclearcomprehensibledecipherableexplicablegraspableintelligiblepenetrableunderstandable

   Antonymeimpenetrableincomprehensibleinscrutableunfathomableunintelligible