Impassable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Impassable is an adjective meaning (of a route, terrain, etc.) Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.
Meaning
(of a route, terrain, etc.) Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.
More Meanings
- (of an obstacle) Incapable of being overcome or surmounted.
- (of currency) Not usable as legal tender.
Example Sentences
At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.
[...] at Cowley Bridge Junction, east of Exeter, both lines were impassable from about 1.30 p.m.—the first flooding of the junction for 36 years—and by the evening the water had risen two-thirds of the way up the platforms at St. Davids as Exeter faced its worst flooding for 60 years.
Synonyms for impassable
Depending on context, synonyms include unpassable, unsurmountable, untraversable, unnavigable, unclimbable.
Antonyms for impassable
Common opposites include passable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unnavigable, untraversable, unclimbable, unsurmountable, unpassable, insuperable.
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