Meanings
comparative more fathomless · superlative most fathomless
- Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable.
Prais’d be the fathomless universe, / For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, / And for love, sweet love—but praise! praise! praise! / For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death.
1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poemsSynonyms: soundless
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveVery deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable.
adjectiveunfathomable or incomprehensible.
Origin
- Englishfathom
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishfathomless
Translations
Bulgarian неразбираем, бездънен
- неразбираем (nerazbiraem)unfathomable or incomprehensible
- бездънен (bezdănen)bottomless
- неизмерим (neizmerim)bottomless
Dutch ondoorgrondelijk, onbegrijpelijk
- ondoorgrondelijkunfathomable or incomprehensible
- onbegrijpelijkunfathomable or incomprehensible
- bodemloosbottomless
Esperanto senfunda
- senfundabottomless
French sans fond
- sans fondbottomless
Cite this entry
fathomless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fathomless
“fathomless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fathomless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fathomless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fathomless.
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