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Impassable synonyms
ĭm-păs'ə-bəl
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closed
Not public.
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  1. Not public.
  2. Blocked or barred to passage or entry:
  3. (Linguistics) Ending in a consonant:
pathless
(Figuratively) unexplored
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  1. (Figuratively) unexplored
  2. Without a path or trail.
trackless
(Of a train etc) not running on tracks
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  1. (Of a train etc) not running on tracks
  2. Without a track, trail, or path
  3. Leaving no track, or trail
untrodden
Not having been walked on or traversed:
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  1. Not having been walked on or traversed:
impenetrable
Impossible to penetrate or enter:
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  1. Impossible to penetrate or enter:
  2. That cannot be penetrated or passed through
  3. (Physics) Having that property of matter by which two bodies are prevented from occupying the same space at the same time
forbidden
Not permitted; prohibited
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  1. Not permitted; prohibited
  2. Having an extremely low probability of occurrence. Used of quantum phenomena:
insurmountable
Impossible to surmount; insuperable:
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  1. Impossible to surmount; insuperable:
  2. Not surmountable; that cannot be passed over or overcome; insuperable
insuperable
Not superable; that cannot be overcome or passed over; insurmountable
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  1. Not superable; that cannot be overcome or passed over; insurmountable
  2. Impossible to overcome; insurmountable:
insurmountable
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.
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  1. Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.
  2. Impossible to surmount; insuperable:
Find another word for impassable. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for impassable, like: closed, blockaded, not fit for travel, obstructed, pathless, trackless, untrodden, impenetrable, forbidden, insurmountable and open.

Sentence Examples

  • A few of the large streams may, when in flood, spr.ead out in a temporary shallow sheet qn a dead level of clay, or playa, in a basin centre, but the sheet of water vanishes in the warm season and the stream shrinks far up its course, the absolutely barren clay floor of the playa, impassable when wet, becomes firm enough for crossing when dry.

  • The creek was an impassable flood in winter but easily fordable in summer.

  • Steamers ply on both lakes, but the channel is rendered impassable by a rapid near the town of Tipitapa, at its northern extremity.

  • 486 ordered the execution of similar repairs, the success of which is recorded in inscriptions, but in the middle ages it was abandoned and impassable, and was only renewed by Pius VI.

  • Wide swamps, deep morasses, tangled thickets, wild impassable forests, were their prevailing features.

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