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Indelible
/ɪnˈdɛləbl/
Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
📖 Definitions of "Indelible"
- 1
Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
"This ink spot on the contract is indelible."
- 2
Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.
"That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory."
- 3
Incapable of being annulled.
🔄 Synonyms of "Indelible"
2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| unerasable | That cannot be erased; indelible. |
| ineradicable | Not able to be eradicated; (of a root, plant, etc.) too deep to remove. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Indelible"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ineradicable | Not able to be eradicated; (of a root, plant, etc.) too deep to remove. |
| unerasable | That cannot be erased; indelible. |
| indissoluble | Lasting; indestructible; not possible to dissolve, disintegrate or break up. |
| inseparable | Unable to be separated; bound together permanently. |
| unforgettable | Very difficult or impossible to forget. |
| inextricable | (of a problem) Impossible to solve. |
| permanent | Lasting for an indefinitely long time. |
| lasting | Persisting for an extended period of time. |
| durable | Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring. |
| memorable | Worthy to be remembered; very important or remarkable. |
| indelable | Misspelling of indelible. [Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.] |
| indeleblenoun | Obsolete form of indelible. [Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.] |
| uneffaceable | Impossible to efface; permanent. |
| ineffaceable | Incapable of being effaced. |
| undeletablenoun | (computing) That cannot be deleted; indelible. |
| inerasable | That cannot be erased. |
| inexpungable | Not capable of being expunged. |
| unobliterable | Incapable of being obliterated. |
| inexpungible | That cannot be expunged. |
| undefaceable | Not defaceable. |
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