unmistakable

B2
US /ˌənmɪˈsteɪkəbəl/
adj Freq #27081

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    clearly evident to the mind

    Their opposition to slavery was unmistakable.

  2. 2
    adj

    Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.

    Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable.

  3. 3
    adj

    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

Etymology

From un- + mistake + -able.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · clearly revealed to the... plain

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