inviolable

1. 1.

   incapable of being transgressed or dishonored

   “the person of the king is inviolable”

   “an inviolable oath”

   Antonymsviolable

   Similarunassailable
2. 2.

   immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with

   “an impregnable fortress”

   “fortifications that made the frontier inviolable”

   “a secure telephone connection”

   Synonymsimpregnablesecurestrongunassailableunattackable

   Similarinvulnerable
3. 3.

   must be kept sacred

   Synonymsinviolatesacrosanct

   Similarsacred
4. 4.

   not capable of being violated or infringed

   “infrangible human rights”

   Synonymsabsoluteinfrangible

   Similarinalienable

Questions about inviolable

What does inviolable mean?

inviolable means "incapable of being transgressed or dishonored". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inviolable?

inviolable has 5 syllables: in-vi-o-la-ble. The stress falls on "vi". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈvaɪələbəl/.

What is another word for inviolable?

Close synonyms include impregnable, secure, strong, unassailable, unattackable. 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 inviolable?

The recorded antonyms are violable.

Is inviolable a common word?

inviolable 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 inviolable?

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