inalienable

1. 1.

   incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another

   “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights”

   Synonymsunalienable

   Antonymsalienable

   Similarabsolutenon-negotiablenontransferable
2. 2.

   not subject to forfeiture

   “an unforfeitable right”

   Synonymsunforfeitable

   Similarindefeasible

Questions about inalienable

What does inalienable mean?

inalienable means "incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inalienable?

inalienable has 5 syllables: in-a-lie-na-ble. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈneɪljənəbəl/.

What is another word for inalienable?

Close synonyms include unalienable, unforfeitable. 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 inalienable?

The recorded antonyms are alienable.

Is inalienable a common word?

inalienable is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.