UNMISTAKABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unmistakable mean? 

• UNMISTAKABLE (adjective)
  The adjective UNMISTAKABLE has 2 senses:

1. clearly evident to the mind

2. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

  Familiarity information: UNMISTAKABLE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNMISTAKABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clearly evident to the mind

Context example:

his opposition to slavery was unmistakable

Similar:

clear (readily apparent to the mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

Synonyms:

apparent; evident; manifest; palpable; patent; plain; unmistakable

Context example:

a palpable lie

Similar:

obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)

 Context examples 

I saw a head, the hair wet and straight, shape itself, and then the unmistakable eyes and face of Wolf Larsen.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The group then made an unmistakable direct detection of an infant stellar population in the outflow.

(Stars Born in Winds from Supermassive Black Holes, ESO)

The man-animals were gods unmistakable and unescapable.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And now the call came to Buck in unmistakable accents.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“His voice is unmistakable. I could swear to it that it was he who addressed me in my bedroom at that very hour.”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She drew her ideal of the successful man, and it was largely in her father's image, with a few unmistakable lines and touches of color from the image of Mr. Butler.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was of excellent material, a sort of beige, but it bore unmistakable signs of having been worn before.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Saturn and Pluto will be directly opposed to that full moon lunar eclipse, so it’s clear you will feel subtle but unmistakable pressure to get the details right.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

First he recognized the doctor with an unmistakable frown; then his glance fell upon me, and he looked relieved.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

They lashed the horses which sprang forward; but the four men raised their Winchester rifles, and in an unmistakable way commanded them to stop.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)