beats me

ADJECTIVE

incomprehensible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baffling impenetrable inconceivable mystifying opaque puzzling unfathomable unimaginable unintelligible

WEAK

Delphic beyond comprehension beyond one's grasp clear as mud cryptic enigmatic fathomless incognizable inscrutable mysterious obscure over one's head perplexing sibylline unclear ungraspable unknowable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

believable clear comprehensible fathomable imaginable intelligible understandable

ADJECTIVE

uncomprehensible

Synonyms

WEAK

Delphic baffling beyond comprehension beyond one's grasp clear as mud cryptic enigmatic fathomless impenetrable incognizable inconceivable inscrutable mysterious mystifying obscure opaque over one's head perplexing puzzling sibylline unclear unfathomable ungraspable unimaginable unintelligible unknowable

Example Sentences

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Lydia, from Groesffordd, near Brecon, Powys, said: "Whatever she does I get a massive hug afterwards. More so when she beats me."

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

“He beats me some reps, I get him some reps. That’s what it’s all about, that’s the name of the game — getting better,” Neal said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2022

Each time the computer beats me, I’m reminded of the ways humanity can survive a biological apocalypse.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2020

Why economists and economic writers can’t appreciate these realities and quit repeating hogwash beats me.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2018

I freeze in place —but Tano beats me to the punch.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

beats me

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