ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Non-gradable

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Non-gradable is an adjective meaning That cannot be graded.

Meaning

That cannot be graded.

More Meanings

  1. (linguistics) Any adjective that is not gradable.
  2. (linguistics) (of an adjective) Describing a quality that cannot normally be varied because it is extreme (e.g. freezing), absolute (e.g. dead), or classification (e.g. nuclear).

Word Forms

Synonyms for non-gradable

Depending on context, synonyms include incomparable, uncomparable.

Antonyms for non-gradable

Common opposites include gradable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include nongradable, nondegradable, ungraded, unclassable, undegradable, unratable.

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