US /ɪnˈɔltərəbəl/ UK /ɪnˈɔːltərəbəl/
adj Freq #341774

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    incapable of being changed or altered

    The constitution did not treat any rule as wholly inalterable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · incapable of being changed... unalterableimmutableunchangeable
Opposites
Word family
Forms inalterably
Derived forms inalterabilityinalterably
Related forms alteralterable

Etymology

Formed from in-, 'not,' + alterable. Alter derives from Latin alter, 'the other,' and developed the verbal sense 'to make different.'

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