Synonyms for irreconcilable
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Incompatible — unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising
incompatible, inconsistent, hostile, antagonistic, incongruous, opposite, discordant, repugnant, hateful, contradictory, conflicting
2. Implacable
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
- adj. 2
Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.
Related words
- Word family
- irreconcilability irreconcilableness
- Other spellings
- irreconcileable irreconciliable
Example sentences
- hostile The Soviet Union took a hostile attitude toward us.
- inconsistent Nursery rhymes are deliberately inconsistent texts.
- incompatible This activity is incompatible with your position.
- antagonistic The two countries are antagonistic to each other.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| irreconcilable | steady | |
| hostile | steady | |
| inconsistent | steady | |
| incompatible | steady | |
| antagonistic | steady | |
| unreconcilable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- hostile2, hateful2
- 8 letters
- opposite3
- 9 letters
- repugnant3
- 10 letters
- discordant3, implacable4
- 11 letters
- conflicting3, incongruous4
- 12 letters
- inconsistent4, incompatible5, antagonistic5, unappeasable
- 13 letters
- contradictory5
- 14 letters
- uncompromising5, unreconcilable, inreconcilable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hostile2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- irréconciliable