immovable
1 of 2adjective
im·mov·able (ˌ)i(m)-ˈmü-və-bəl 
1
: incapable of being moved
broadly : not moving or not intended to be moved
2
a
: steadfast, unyielding
b
: not capable of being moved emotionally
immovability
(ˌ)i(m)-ˌmü-və-ˈbi-lə-tē
noun immovableness
(ˌ)i(m)-ˈmü-və-bəl-nəs
noun immovably
(ˌ)i(m)-ˈmü-və-blē
adverb immovable
2 of 2noun
1
: one that cannot be moved
2
immovables plural : real property as opposed to movable property
Synonyms
Adjective
- immobile
- immotile
- irremovable
- nonmotile
- nonmoving
- unbudging
- unmovable
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Example Sentences
Adjective that boulder is immovable, even with a bulldozer despite tears and pleading, the police officer was immovable on the matter of a hefty fine for speeding
Recent Examples on the Web
Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 9 Aug. 2022 However, support columns and other immovable pieces would disrupt the layout. David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2022 The late Queen of Soul’s tax burden had been an immovable hurdle as her heirs sorted out other estate matters — sometimes combatively — in Oakland County Probate Court following her 2018 death. Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2022 The sculptor and the painter can represent the miracle in immovable marble and paint, but finally only a filmmaker can show the metamorphosis happening over time. Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022 The 6-6, 295-pounder is an immovable object with offers from Akron, Marshall and Kentucky. Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 21 July 2022 The production schedule can be demanding with an immovable December deadline, however. Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 2 Nov. 2021 Anybody who knows Rosen knows that strutting his and Kaplan’s immovable success couldn’t be further from the truth. Rod Berger, Forbes, 7 June 2022 As befits his character’s name, Liotta seems both immovable and toweringly enormous as the kind of crooked cop who thinks nothing of beating, torturing and shooting anyone who gets in his way but whose outer grit belies still deeper, darker motives. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022 See More
Adjective
There might have been a time in the past when a defensive lineman weighing 370 pounds -- or even 400 -- had a place in college football as an immovable run-stuffer. Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 9 Aug. 2022 However, support columns and other immovable pieces would disrupt the layout. David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2022 The late Queen of Soul’s tax burden had been an immovable hurdle as her heirs sorted out other estate matters — sometimes combatively — in Oakland County Probate Court following her 2018 death. Brian Mccollum, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2022 The sculptor and the painter can represent the miracle in immovable marble and paint, but finally only a filmmaker can show the metamorphosis happening over time. Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022 The 6-6, 295-pounder is an immovable object with offers from Akron, Marshall and Kentucky. Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 21 July 2022 The production schedule can be demanding with an immovable December deadline, however. Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 2 Nov. 2021 Anybody who knows Rosen knows that strutting his and Kaplan’s immovable success couldn’t be further from the truth. Rod Berger, Forbes, 7 June 2022 As befits his character’s name, Liotta seems both immovable and toweringly enormous as the kind of crooked cop who thinks nothing of beating, torturing and shooting anyone who gets in his way but whose outer grit belies still deeper, darker motives. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
immovable
adjective
im·mov·able i-ˈmü-və-bəl
1
: impossible to move : firmly fixed in place
2
: not able to be changed or persuaded
He is immovable in his beliefs.
Legal Definition
immovable 1 of 2
adjective
im·mov·able im-ˈmü-və-bəl
: incapable of being moved see also immovable property at property
immovable
2 of 2noun
: an item of immovable property (as land, standing timber, or a building)
a manufactured home placed upon a lot or tract of land shall be an immovable Louisiana Revised Statutes
Louisiana Revised Statutes also : an interest or right (as a servitude) in an item of immovable property
a predial servitude is an incorporeal immovable Louisiana Civil Code
—often used in pl. compare movable Louisiana Civil Code immovability
noun
as in rigidity
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- rigidity
- immovableness
- recalcitrance
- intractability
- frowardness
- rigidness
- contumacy
- unruliness
- cussedness
- refractoriness
- rebelliousness
- disobedience
- recalcitrancy
- insubordination
- obstreperousness
- cantankerousness
- firmness
- steadfastness
- contrariness
- bloody-mindedness
- implacability
- balkiness
- inexorability
- inflexibility
- defiance
- sternness
- obduracy
- hardness
- strictness
- tenacity
- persistency
- tenaciousness
- rigorousness
- persistence
- inveteracy
- adamancy
- perseverance
- perversity
- waywardness
- wrongheadedness
- perverseness
- relentlessness
- intransigence
- bullheadedness
- obstinacy
- adamance
- pigheadedness
- resolve
- stubbornness
- doggedness
- single-mindedness
- narrow-mindedness
- pertinacity
- rigor
- determination
- hardheadedness
- anal-retentiveness
- obdurateness
- stick-to-itiveness
- mulishness
- willfulness
- obstinateness
- self-opinionatedness
- opinionatedness
- self-will
- pertinaciousness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- receptivity
- pliancy
- receptiveness
- pliability
- reasonableness
- acquiescence
- flexibility
- acceptance
- reasonability
- subordination
- obedience
- docility
- compliance
- surrender
- broad-mindedness
- willingness
- yielding
- open-mindedness
- subserviency
- slavishness
- submission
- subservience
- pliableness
- subordinateness
- pliantness