'Immovable' definitions:
Definition of 'immovable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills" [syn: immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable]
noun
Definition of 'Immovable'
From: GCIDE
- Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, n.
- 1. That which can not be moved. [1913 Webster]
- 2. pl. (Civil Law) Lands and things adherent thereto by nature, as trees; by the hand of man, as buildings and their accessories; by their destination, as seeds, plants, manure, etc.; or by the objects to which they are applied, as servitudes. --Ayliffe. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Immovable'
From: GCIDE
- Immovable \Im*mov"a*ble\, a.
- 1. Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation. [1913 Webster]
- Immovable, infixed, and frozen round. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remains immovable. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law.) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- Immovable apparatus (Med.), an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place.
- Immovable feasts (Eccl.), feasts which occur on a certain day of the year and do not depend on the date of Easter; as, Christmas, the Epiphany, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'immovable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamant,
- adamantine,
- affectless,
- anchored,
- anesthetized,
- arctic,
- at a standstill,
- autistic,
- blunt,
- cast-iron,
- catatonic,
- chill,
- chilly,
- cold,
- cold as charity,
- cold-blooded,
- coldhearted,
- constant,
- cool,
- determined,
- dispassionate,
- dogged,
- dour,
- drugged,
- dull,
- emotionally dead,
- emotionless,
- fast,
- firm,
- fixed,
- flinty,
- frigid,
- frosted,
- frosty,
- frozen,
- grim,
- hard,
- hard-core,
- heartless,
- icy,
- immobile,
- immotile,
- immotive,
- immutable,
- impassible,
- impassive,
- implacable,
- impliable,
- inalterable,
- inductile,
- inelastic,
- inexcitable,
- inexorable,
- inextensible,
- inextensile,
- inextensional,
- inflexible,
- insusceptible,
- intractable,
- intractile,
- intransigent,
- invariable,
- iron,
- irreconcilable,
- irremovable,
- irresilient,
- loyal,
- motionless,
- nonelastic,
- nonemotional,
- nonstretchable,
- obdurate,
- objective,
- obtuse,
- out of touch,
- passionless,
- pat,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- riveted,
- rock-ribbed,
- rooted,
- self-absorbed,
- set,
- settled,
- sot,
- soulless,
- spiritless,
- stable,
- standpat,
- stationary,
- staunch,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- steely,
- stern,
- stiff,
- stony,
- stubborn,
- stuck,
- true,
- unaffected,
- unaffectionate,
- unalterable,
- unbending,
- unchangeable,
- uncompromising,
- undeflectable,
- unemotional,
- unextendible,
- unextensible,
- unfeeling,
- unflappable,
- unflexible,
- unflinching,
- ungiving,
- unimpassioned,
- unimpressionable,
- unlimber,
- unloving,
- unmalleable,
- unmodifiable,
- unmovable,
- unmoved,
- unmoving,
- unpassionate,
- unpliable,
- unpliant,
- unrelenting,
- unresponding,
- unresponsive,
- unshakable,
- unshakeable,
- unshaken,
- unsusceptible,
- unswerving,
- unsympathetic,
- untouchable,
- untractable,
- unwavering,
- unyielding