untouchable

/əntˈʌtʃəbəl/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment- Newsweek
   “for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target”
2. impossible to assail
3. forbidden to the touch
   “in most museums such articles are untouchable”
4. (especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
5. not capable of being obtained
   “a rare work, today almost inaccessible”

noun

1. belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India

Synonyms for untouchable

• invulnerable
• unassailable
• inviolable
• impermissible
• unclean
• inaccessible
• unobtainable
• unprocurable
• unavailable
• Harijan

Words that rhyme with untouchable

• touchable