inextensible

1. 1.

   not extensile

   Synonymsnonextensilenonprotractile

Questions about inextensible

What does inextensible mean?

inextensible means "not extensile".

How many syllables are in inextensible?

inextensible has 5 syllables: i-nex-ten-si-ble. The stress falls on "ten".

What is another word for inextensible?

Close synonyms include nonextensile, nonprotractile. 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 inextensible a common word?

inextensible 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.