impalpable

1. 1.

   incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch

   “the intangible constituent of energy”

   Synonymsintangible
2. 2.

   imperceptible to the senses or the mind

   “an impalpable cloud”

   “impalpable shadows”

   “impalpable distinctions”

   “as impalpable as a dream”

   Antonymspalpable

   Similarelusive
3. 3.

   not perceptible to the touch

   “an impalpable pulse”

   Similarimperceptible

Questions about impalpable

What does impalpable mean?

impalpable means "incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in impalpable?

impalpable has 4 syllables and divides as im-pal-pa-ble under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for impalpable?

Close synonyms include intangible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of impalpable?

The recorded antonyms are palpable.

Is impalpable a common word?

impalpable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.