impalpable

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: im-pal-pa-ble. The stress falls on "pal".

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.