IMPONDERABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does imponderable mean? 

• IMPONDERABLE (noun)
  The noun IMPONDERABLE has 1 sense:

1. a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed

  Familiarity information: IMPONDERABLE used as a noun is very rare.

• IMPONDERABLE (adjective)
  The adjective IMPONDERABLE has 1 sense:

1. difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision

  Familiarity information: IMPONDERABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPONDERABLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

human behavior depends on many imponderables

Hypernyms ("imponderable" is a kind of...):

influence (a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "imponderable"):

leaven; leavening (an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something)

• IMPONDERABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision

Context example:

such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility

Antonym:

ponderable (capable of being weighed or considered)