Synonyms for immovable
- adjective
- noun
Most common
steadfast inflexible obstinate unchangeable unfeeling impassive unmovable
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Inflexible — steadfast in purpose or intention, unalterable, unyielding
inflexible, steadfast, obstinate, unchangeable, unyielding, obdurate, rigid, unalterable, unbending, stubborn, adamantine, resolute, intransigent, unshaken, firm, tenacious, determined, fast, adamant, recalcitrant, steady, intractable
2. Impassive — not capable of being affected or moved in feeling, impassive
impassive, unfeeling, impassible, unemotional, emotionless, dead inside informal, dull, cold-blooded, dispassionate, nonemotional, unpassionate, unmoved, stolid, stony, insensible, passionless, phlegmatic
3. Unmovable — incapable of being physically moved, fixed
unmovable, immobile, fixed, stationary, static, stuck, inert, immotile
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Incapable of being physically moved: fixed.
- adj. 2
Steadfast in purpose or intention: unalterable, unyielding.
- adj. 3
Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling: impassive.
- n. 1
Something immovable.
Related words
- Word family
- immovableness immovably immobility
- Phrases
- immovable property
- Other spellings
- immoveable
Forms
- Plural
- immovables → realties…
Example sentences
- steadfast They remain steadfast, even as the winds change.
- inflexible As one grows older they also become more inflexible.
- obstinate I've heard that Tom and Mary are quite obstinate.
- unchangeable You'd better really love her; people are unchangeable.
- unfeeling He accused me of being an unfeeling father and husband.
- impassive He remained impassive, with a sneer on his face.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| immovable | steady | |
| steadfast | rising | |
| inflexible | steady | |
| obstinate | steady | |
| unchangeable | rising | |
| unfeeling | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fast1, firm1, dull1
- 5 letters
- fixed1, stuck1, rigid2, stony2, inert2
- 6 letters
- steady2, static2, realty3, stolid2
- 7 letters
- adamant3, unmoved2
- 8 letters
- stubborn2, resolute3, immobile3, obdurate3, unshaken3, immotile3
- 9 letters
- steadfast2, tenacious3, obstinate3, unfeeling3, impassive3, unbending3, unmovable
- 10 letters
- determined3, stationary4, inflexible4, unyielding3, insensible4, phlegmatic3, adamantine, impassible
- 11 letters
- intractable4, emotionless, unemotional5, unalterable5, passionless
- 12 letters
- recalcitrant4, unchangeable, intransigent4, nonemotional, unpassionate
- 13 letters
- dispassionate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rigid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
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