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adj
Incapable of being physically moved: fixed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: static, unmovable, fixed, immobile, immotile, immovable, inanimate, inert, lifeless, sessile, rigid, stationary, stuck, unmoveable
Antonyms: movable, ambulatory, animate, kinetic, mobile, motile, motive, vagile
adj
Steadfast in purpose or intention: unalterable, unyielding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: adamant, staunch, ardent, grim, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed, determined, diehard, dogged, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, incalcitrant, inflexible, irrefragable, insistent, intractable, intransigent, intrepid, inveterate, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstreperous, peevish, peremptory, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, resolved, rigid, self-willed, stalwart, steadfast, steady, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, sullen, tenacious, terminal, thran, thwart, tough, truculent, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vehement, wilful, willful
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling: impassive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: dead inside, unmovable, alexithymic, apathistical, clinical, dull, phlegmatic, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, dispassionate, emotionless, immovable, impassible, impassive, insensible, nonemotional, nonfeeling, nonpassionate, nonsentimental, stolid, unemotional, unfeeling, unpassionate, unsentimental
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Not liable to be removed: permanent in place or tenure, fixed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something immovable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something immovable.
Immovable objects or property, as land, buildings, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
not able or intended to be moved
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: immoveable, stabile, unmovable
Antonyms: none provided
noun
property consisting of houses and land
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: real property, real estate, realty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: property, belongings, holding
Narrower terms: estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne, mortmain, dead hand
History
From Middle English immevable, immoveable. Equivalent to im- + movable.
Across languages
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
