imperviable

1. 1.

   not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

   “a material impervious to water”

   “someone impervious to argument”

   Synonymsimpervious

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Questions about imperviable

What does imperviable mean?

imperviable means "not admitting of passage or capable of being affected".

How many syllables are in imperviable?

imperviable has 5 syllables: im-per-vi-a-ble. The stress falls on "vi".

What is another word for imperviable?

Close synonyms include impervious. 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.

Is imperviable a common word?

imperviable 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.