Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Not physically able to be moved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: immovable, static, stuck, fixed, immobile, immotile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, sessile, rigid, stationary, unmovable, unmoveable
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Incapable of being emotionally moved or persuaded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: dead inside, immovable, impassive, alexithymic, apathistical, clinical, dull, phlegmatic, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, dispassionate, emotionless, impassible, insensible, nonemotional, nonfeeling, nonpassionate, nonsentimental, stolid, unemotional, unfeeling, unmovable, unpassionate, unsentimental
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
not able or intended to be moved
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: immovable, immoveable, stabile
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Old French movable English movable English unmovable From un- + movable.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
