untouchable meaning

UK US /ənˈtʌtʃəbəl/ 4 syllables

untouchable (adjective): beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment.

untouchable has 6 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

untouchable as an adjective

  1. beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
    • for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target

    Similar: invulnerable

  2. impossible to assail

    Synonyms: unassailable

    Similar: inviolable

  3. forbidden to the touch
    • in most museums such articles are untouchable

    Similar: impermissible

  4. (especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling

    Similar: unclean

  5. not capable of being obtained
    • a rare work, today almost inaccessible
    • timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands
    • untouchable resources buried deep within the earth

    Synonyms: inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable

    Similar: unavailable

untouchable as a noun

  1. belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

    Synonyms: Harijan

    Type of: outcast

How to pronounce untouchable

untouchable is pronounced /ənˈtʌtʃəbəl/ in American English. It has 4 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with UN · words ending in LE · 11-letter words

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