indefensible

Questions about indefensible

What does indefensible mean?

indefensible means "(of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indefensible?

indefensible has 5 syllables: in-de-fen-si-ble. The stress falls on "fen". In IPA it is /ˌɪndɪˈfɛnsəbəl/.

What is another word for indefensible?

Close synonyms include untenable, insupportable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, unwarranted. 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 indefensible a common word?

indefensible 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.

What rhymes with indefensible?

1 word rhymes with indefensible. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.