nonretractable

1. 1.

   not capable of being retracted

   Synonymsnonretractile

Questions about nonretractable

What does nonretractable mean?

nonretractable means "not capable of being retracted".

How many syllables are in nonretractable?

nonretractable has 5 syllables: non-re-trac-ta-ble. The stress falls on "trac".

What is another word for nonretractable?

Close synonyms include nonretractile. 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 nonretractable a common word?

nonretractable 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.