insurmountable

1. 1.

   not capable of being surmounted or overcome

   “insurmountable disadvantages”

   Synonymsunsurmountable

   Antonymssurmountable

   Similarinsuperable
2. 2.

   impossible to surmount

   Synonymsinsuperable

   Similarunconquerable

Questions about insurmountable

What does insurmountable mean?

insurmountable means "not capable of being surmounted or overcome". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in insurmountable?

insurmountable has 5 syllables: in-sur-moun-ta-ble. The stress falls on "moun". In IPA it is /ˌɪnsɚˈmaʊntəbəl/.

What is another word for insurmountable?

Close synonyms include unsurmountable, insuperable. 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 insurmountable?

The recorded antonyms are surmountable.

Is insurmountable a common word?

insurmountable 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.