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immovable
CIDE DICTIONARY
immovable, a.
- Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundation. [1913 Webster]"Immovable, infixed, and frozen round." [1913 Webster]
- Steadfast; fixed; unalterable; unchangeable; -- used of the mind or will; as, an immovable purpose, or a man who remains immovable. [1913 Webster]
- Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling or by sympathy; unimpressible; impassive. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable,
n. Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
immovable, n.
- That which can not be moved. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
immovable, adj. & n. (also immoveable)
--adj.
1 that cannot be moved.
2 steadfast, unyielding.
3 emotionless.
4 not subject to change (immovable law).
5 motionless.
6 Law (of property) consisting of land, houses, etc.
--n. (in pl.) Law immovable property.
--adj.
1 that cannot be moved.
2 steadfast, unyielding.
3 emotionless.
4 not subject to change (immovable law).
5 motionless.
6 Law (of property) consisting of land, houses, etc.
--n. (in pl.) Law immovable property.
Idiom
immovable feast a religious feast-day that occurs on the same date each year.
Derivative
immovability n. immovableness n. immovably adv.
THESAURUS
immovable
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, unyieldingROGET THESAURUS
immovable
Obstinacy
N obstinacy, obstinateness, obstinacy, tenacity, cussedness, perseverance, immovability, old school, inflexibility, obduracy, obduration, dogged resolution, resolution, ruling passion, blind side, self-will, contumacy, perversity, pervicacy, pervicacity, indocility, bigotry, intolerance, dogmatism, opiniatry, opiniativeness, fixed idea, fanaticism, zealotry, infatuation, monomania, opinionatedness opinionativeness, mule, opinionist, opinionatist, opiniator, opinator, stickler, dogmatist, bigot, zealot, enthusiast, fanatic, obstinate, tenacious, stubborn, obdurate, casehardened, inflexible, balky, immovable, unshakable, not to be moved, inert, unchangeable, inexorable, mulish, obstinate as a mule, pig-headed, dogged, sullen, sulky, unmoved, uninfluenced unaffected, willful, self-willed, perverse, resty, restive, restiff, pervicacious, wayward, refractory, unruly, heady, headstrong, entete, contumacious, crossgrained, arbitrary, dogmatic, positive, bigoted, prejudiced, creed- bound, prepossessed, infatuated, stiff-backed, stiff necked, stiff hearted, hard-mouthed, hidebound, unyielding, impervious, impracticable, inpersuasible, unpersuadable, intractable, untractable, incorrigible, deaf to advice, impervious to reason, crotchety, obstinately, non possumus, no surrender, ils n'ont rien appris ne rien oublie.Stability
N stability, immutability, unchangeability unchangeableness, constancy, stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb, establishment, fixture, rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, Ethiopia's skin, permanence, obstinacy, unchangeable, immutable, unaltered, unalterable, not to be changed, constant, permanent, invariable, undeviating, stable, durable, perennial, fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced, confirmed, valid, fiducial, immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted, settled, established, vested, incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable, tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock, firmly seated, firmly established, deep-rooted, ineradicable, inveterate, obstinate, transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded, stuck, jammed, unremovable, quiescent, deterioration, indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable, incommutable, irresoluble, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless, inextinguishable, irreducible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous, insusceptible, insusceptible of change, Int, stet, littera scripta manet.Quiescence
N quiescence, rest, stillness, quiescence, stagnation, stagnancy, fixity, immobility, catalepsy, indisturbance, quietism, quiet, tranquility, calm, repose, peace, dead calm, anticyclone, statue-like repose, silence, not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring, sleep, pause, lull, stand still, standing still, lock, dead lock, dead stop, dead stand, full stop, fix, embargo, resting place, gite, bivouac, home, pillow, haven, goal, quiescent, still, motionless, moveless, fixed, stationary, immotile, at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, stock, still, standing still, sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home, becalmed, stagnant, quiet, unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled, calm, restful, cataleptic, immovable, sleeping, silent, still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death, vegetative, vegetating, at a stand, tout court, at the halt, Int, stop!, stay!, avast!, halt!, hold hard!, whoa!, hold!, sabr karo!, requiescat in pace, Deus nobis haec otia fecit, the noonday quiet holds the hill.For further exploring for "immovable" in Webster Dictionary Online