inalienable

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.