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IMPERVIABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does imperviable mean? 

IMPERVIABLE (adjective)
  The adjective IMPERVIABLE has 1 sense:

1. not admitting of passage or capable of being affectedplay

  Familiarity information: IMPERVIABLE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMPERVIABLE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

Synonyms:

imperviable; impervious

Context example:

someone impervious to argument

Similar:

fast (resistant to destruction or fading)

acid-fast (not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis))

colorfast (having color that is resistant to fading or running)

greaseproof (resistant to penetration by grease or oil or wax)

moth-resistant; mothproof (resistant to damage by moths)

proof ((used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand)

resistant (impervious to being affected)

corrosion-resistant (impervious to corrosion)

rot-resistant (resistant to rotting)

ladder-proof; run-resistant; runproof ((of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders)

soundproof (impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound)

Also:

impermeable (preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through)


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