untouchable
Noun · AdjectiveUS[uhn-tuhch-uh-buhl]/ənˈtʌtʃəbəl/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)untouchables
Adjective (5)
- beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment“for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target — Newsweek”Opposite vulnerableSimilar invulnerable
- impossible to assailSynonyms: unassailableOpposite violableSimilar inviolable
- forbidden to the touch“in most museums such articles are untouchable”Opposite allowableSimilar impermissible
- (especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defilingOpposite cleanSimilar unclean, impure
- not capable of being obtained“a rare work, today almost inaccessible”“timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands”“untouchable resources buried deep within the earth”Synonyms: inaccessibleunobtainableunprocurableOpposite availableSimilar unavailable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Untouchable
Formed with the prefix un- (“not”). See touchable.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54