nonretractile

1. 1.

   not capable of being retracted

   Synonymsnonretractable

   Antonymsretractile

Questions about nonretractile

What does nonretractile mean?

nonretractile means "not capable of being retracted".

How many syllables are in nonretractile?

nonretractile has 5 syllables: non-re-trac-ti-le. The stress falls on "trac".

What is another word for nonretractile?

Close synonyms include nonretractable. 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 nonretractile?

The recorded antonyms are retractile.

Is nonretractile a common word?

nonretractile 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.