incompressible

1. 1.

   incapable of being compressed; resisting compression

   “mounds of incompressible garbage”

   Antonymscompressible

Questions about incompressible

What does incompressible mean?

incompressible means "incapable of being compressed; resisting compression".

How many syllables are in incompressible?

incompressible has 5 syllables: in-com-pres-si-ble. The stress falls on "pres". In IPA it is /ˌɪnkəmˈpɹɛsəbəl/.

What is the opposite of incompressible?

The recorded antonyms are compressible.

Is incompressible a common word?

incompressible 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.

What rhymes with incompressible?