indiscernible

1. 1.

   difficult or impossible to perceive or discern

   “an indiscernible increase in temperature”

   Antonymsdiscernible
2. 2.

   barely able to be perceived

   “the transition was almost indiscernible”

   “an almost insensible change”

   Synonymsinsensibleundetectable

   Similarimperceptible

Questions about indiscernible

What does indiscernible mean?

indiscernible means "difficult or impossible to perceive or discern". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indiscernible?

indiscernible has 5 syllables: in-di-scer-ni-ble. The stress falls on "scer".

What is another word for indiscernible?

Close synonyms include insensible, undetectable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of indiscernible?

The recorded antonyms are discernible.

Is indiscernible a common word?

indiscernible is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.