irreducible

1. 1.

   incapable of being made smaller or simpler

   “an irreducible minimum”

   “an irreducible formula”

   “an irreducible hernia”

   Antonymsreducible

Questions about irreducible

What does irreducible mean?

irreducible means "incapable of being made smaller or simpler".

How many syllables are in irreducible?

irreducible has 5 syllables: ir-re-du-ci-ble. The stress falls on "du".

What is the opposite of irreducible?

The recorded antonyms are reducible.

Is irreducible a common word?

irreducible 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.