Synonyms for incurable
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.
Related words
- Word family
- incurableness incurability
Example sentences
- hopeless Lee did not agree that the situation was hopeless.
- incorrigible They concluded that Tom is an incorrigible person.
- irremediable The doctor said that this sickness is irremediable.
- irreparable The depredation of the palace was irreparable.
- irredeemable "Tom and Mary" was truly an irredeemable piece of trash.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incurable | steady | |
| hopeless | rising | |
| inoperable | falling | |
| incorrigible | steady | |
| irremediable | steady | |
| irreparable | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- hopeless2
- 9 letters
- uncurable
- 10 letters
- inoperable5, remediless
- 11 letters
- irreparable5, immedicable
- 12 letters
- irreversible5, incorrigible5, irredeemable, irremediable6
- 13 letters
- irretrievable, irrecoverable, irreclaimable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hopeless2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- incurable
- Italiano
- incurabile
- Deutsch
- unheilbar