nonconductive

1. 1.

   not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound

   Synonymsnonconductingnon-conducting

   Antonymsconductive

Questions about nonconductive

What does nonconductive mean?

nonconductive means "not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound".

How many syllables are in nonconductive?

nonconductive has 4 syllables: non-con-duc-tive. The stress falls on "con".

What is another word for nonconductive?

Close synonyms include nonconducting, non-conducting. 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 nonconductive?

The recorded antonyms are conductive.

Is nonconductive a common word?

nonconductive 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.