[syn: entire, intact]
4. undamaged in any way;
- Example: "the vase remained intact despit rough handling"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intact \In*tact"\, a. [L. intactus; pref. in- not + tactus, p.
p. of tangere to touch: cf. F. intact. See In- not, and
Tact, Tangent.]
Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the
like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire.
--Buckle.
[1913 Webster]
When all external differences have passed away, one
element remains intact, unchanged, -- the everlasting
basis of our common nature, the human soul. --F. W.
Robertson.
Intactible
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
intact
adj 1: constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing
essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth
bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection
entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union
intact" [syn: integral, entire, intact]
2: (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact,
virginal" [syn: intact, inviolate]
3: (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire
horse" [syn: entire, intact]
4: undamaged in any way; "the vase remained intact despit rough
handling"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "intact":
Platonic, abiding, abstinent, budding, callow, celibate,
changeless, complete, conserved, constant, continent, continuing,
developed, dewy, durable, enduring, entire, ever-new, evergreen,
firm, firsthand, fixed, flawless, fledgling, fresh, frozen, full,
full-fledged, full-grown, full-scale, global, green, growing,
immature, immobile, immune, immunized, immutable, imperforate,
impubic, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, insured, integral,
inviolate, juicy, kept, lasting, maiden, maidenly, mature, matured,
minor, naive, neoteric, nestling, new, new-fledged, original,
pathless, perfect, permanent, perpetual, persistent, pierceless,
preserved, pristine, protected, quiescent, raw, remaining, rigid,
ripe, ripening, safe, safe and sound, sappy, saved, secure,
sempervirent, solid, sound, spared, stable, static, stationary,
staying, steadfast, sustained, tender, together, torpid, total,
trackless, unabbreviated, unadult, unaltered, unbeaten,
unblemished, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging,
unchecked, uncut, undamaged, undefiled, underage, undestroyed,
undeveloped, undiminished, undivided, unexpurgated, unfading,
unfailing, unfledged, unformed, unhandled, unharmed, unhurt,
unimpaired, uninjured, unlicked, unmarred, unmellowed,
unperforated, unpierced, unqualified, unreduced, unripe, unscathed,
unseasoned, unshifting, unspoiled, unsullied, untainted,
unthreatened, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, unvaried,
unvarying, utter, vernal, vestal, virgin, virginal, wayless,
well-conserved, whole, young