unsinkable

1. 1.

   incapable of being sunk

   “they thought the Titanic was unsinkable”

   Antonymssinkable

Questions about unsinkable

What does unsinkable mean?

unsinkable means "incapable of being sunk".

How many syllables are in unsinkable?

unsinkable has 4 syllables: un-sin-ka-ble. The stress falls on "sin". In IPA it is /ənˈsɪŋkəbəl/.

What is the opposite of unsinkable?

The recorded antonyms are sinkable.

Is unsinkable a common word?

unsinkable 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.