Certain taboos, which had remained untouchable for so many years, have come to be broken.
Source: tatoeba (3644959)
Untouchable
//ʌnˈtʌtʃəbəl//
Synonyms for "untouchable" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (69)
lepernonemotionalnonpermissiblenot permittednuminousobjectiveobtuseoff limitsout of boundsout of reachout of touchout-of-the-wayoutcastoutcast of societyoutcasteoutlawoutlawedoutsiderpariahpassionless
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persona non grataprohibitedreligiousruled outsacredsacrosanctself-absorbedsocial outcastsoullessspiritlessspiritualtabootabooedunacceptable personunaffectionateunallowedunapproachableunassailableunauthorizeduncleanunder the banundesirableunemotionalunfeelingungetatableunimpassionedunimpressionableunlawfulunlicensedunlovingunobtainableunpassionateunpermissibleunrespondingunresponsiveunsanctionedunspeakableunsusceptibleunsympatheticunutterablevenerableverbotenvetoed
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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4 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀθίγγανος adj (not able to be touched)
Bulgarian
3 entries- недосега̀ем adj (not able to be touched)
- неприкосновѐн adj (not able to be touched)
- недосегаем noun (criminal)
Catalan
3 entries- intocable adj (not able to be touched)
- intocable noun (member of the lowest caste)
- pària noun (member of the lowest caste)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 賤民 /贱民 noun (member of the lowest caste)
Esperanto
1 entries- netuŝebla adj (not able to be touched)
Estonian
1 entries- paaria noun (member of the lowest caste)
Finnish
4 entries- koskematon adj (not able to be touched)
- hylkiö noun (member of the lowest caste)
- kastiton noun (member of the lowest caste)
- koskematon noun (member of the lowest caste)
French
3 entries- intouchable adj (not able to be touched)
- intouchable noun (member of the lowest caste)
- paria noun (member of the lowest caste)
German
2 entries- unantastbar adj (not able to be touched)
- Unberührbarer m Paria noun (member of the lowest caste)
Greek
3 entries- αδιάφθορος noun (incorruptible law enforcement agent)
- παρίας noun (criminal)
- παρίας noun (member of the lowest caste)
Hindi
1 entries- अछूत noun (member of the lowest caste)
Hungarian
3 entries- érinthetetlen adj (not able to be touched)
- érinthetetlen noun (criminal)
- érinthetetlen noun (member of the lowest caste)
Ido
1 entries- paria noun (member of the lowest caste)
Indonesian
1 entries- paria noun (member of the lowest caste)
Irish
1 entries- duine seachanta noun (member of the lowest caste)
Italian
1 entries- intoccabile adj (not able to be touched)
Japanese
4 entries- パーリア noun (member of the lowest caste)
- パーリヤ noun (member of the lowest caste)
- 不可触民 noun (member of the lowest caste)
- 部落民 noun (member of the lowest caste)
Korean
1 entries- 백정 noun (member of the lowest caste)
Malayalam
1 entries- പറയൻ noun (member of the lowest caste)
Polish
4 entries- niedotykalny adj (not able to be touched)
- nietykalna noun (member of the lowest caste)
- nietykalny noun (criminal)
- nietykalny noun (member of the lowest caste)
Portuguese
3 entries- intocável adj (not able to be touched)
- pariá noun (member of the lowest caste)
- pária noun (member of the lowest caste)
Romanian
1 entries- paria noun (member of the lowest caste)
Russian
3 entries- неприкаса́емый adj (not able to be touched)
- неприкоснове́нный adj (not able to be touched)
- па́рия noun (member of the lowest caste)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nedodìrljiv adj (not able to be touched)
- недодѝрљив adj (not able to be touched)
Spanish
4 entries- intocable adj (not able to be touched)
- intocable noun (criminal)
- intocable noun (member of the lowest caste)
- paria noun (member of the lowest caste)
Swedish
1 entries- oantastlig adj (not able to be touched)
Tamil
1 entries- பறையன் noun (member of the lowest caste)
Telugu
2 entries- అంటరాని adj (not able to be touched)
- అంటరానివాడు noun (member of the lowest caste)
Urdu
1 entries- چنڈال noun (member of the lowest caste)
Welsh
1 entries- anghyffyrddadwy adj (not able to be touched)
Yemeni Arabic
1 entries- المهمشين noun (member of the lowest caste)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom is one of Tatoeba's sacred "icons". Therefore, he is untouchable.
Source: tatoeba (5471345)
Nothing can hurt you. You're untouchable.
Source: tatoeba (9159660)
The president is some sort of an untouchable figure domestically.
Source: tatoeba (11886394)
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