|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

untouchable

DEFINITIONS OF: untouchable

1

adj not capable of being obtained

“untouchable resources buried deep within the earth”
Synonyms:
inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable
unavailable
not available or accessible or at hand

adj beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment

“"for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek”
Synonyms
invulnerable
immune to attack; impregnable

adj impossible to assail

Synonyms:
unassailable
inviolable
incapable of being transgressed or dishonored

adj forbidden to the touch

“in most museums such articles are untouchable”
Synonyms
impermissible
not permitted

adj ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling

Synonyms
impure, unclean
having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws

n belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

Synonyms:
Harijan
Type of:
Ishmael, castaway, outcast, pariah
a person who is rejected (from society or home)
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES