unapproachable

1. 1.

   discouraging intimacies; reserved

   “an unapproachable executive”

   Antonymsapproachable

   Similaroffish
2. 2.

   inaccessibly located or situated

   “an unapproachable chalet high in the mountains”

   “an unreachable canyon”

   “the unreachable stars”

   Synonymsunreachableunreachedout of reach

   Similarinaccessible

Questions about unapproachable

What does unapproachable mean?

unapproachable means "discouraging intimacies; reserved". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in unapproachable?

unapproachable has 5 syllables: un-ap-proa-cha-ble. The stress falls on "proa". In IPA it is /ˌʌnəˈpɹoʊtʃəbəl/.

What is another word for unapproachable?

Close synonyms include unreachable, unreached, out of reach. 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 unapproachable?

The recorded antonyms are approachable.

Is unapproachable a common word?

unapproachable 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 unapproachable?

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