inseparable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=sep=a=ra=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

inseparable, a. [L. inseparabilis: cf. F. inséparable. See In-, and Separable.].

•  Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined.  [1913 Webster]

  "The history of every language is inseparable from that of the people by whom it is spoken."  [1913 Webster]

  "Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable."  [1913 Webster]
•  Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inseparable, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (esp. of friends) unable or unwilling to be separated.
2 Gram. (of a prefix, or a verb in respect of it) unable to be used as a separate word, e.g.: dis-, mis-, un-.
--n. (usu. in pl.) an inseparable person or thing, esp. a friend.

Derivative

inseparability n. inseparably adv.

Etymology

ME f. L inseparabilis (as IN-(1), SEPARABLE)

THESAURUS

inseparable

bound up in, bound up with, close, coherent, cohesive, familiar, hand and glove, hand-in-hand, impartible, inalienable, indiscerptible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indivisible, infrangible, infusible, insoluble, intimate, near, thick, thick as thieves, undividable, unified

ROGET THESAURUS

inseparable

Junction

N junction, joining, joinder, union connection, conjunction, conjugation, annexion, annexation, annexment, astriction, attachment, compagination, vincture, ligation, alligation, accouplement, marriage infibulation, inosculation, symphysis, anastomosis, confluence, communication, concatenation, meeting, reunion, assemblage, coition, copulation, sex, sexual congress, sexual conjunction, sexual intercourse, love-making, joint, joining, juncture, pivot, hinge, articulation, commissure, seam, gore, gusset, suture, stitch, link, miter mortise, closeness, tightness coherence, combination, annexationist, joined, joint, conjoint, conjunct, corporate, compact, hand in hand, firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved, inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable, jointly, in conjunction with, fast, firmly intimately, tria juncta in uno.

Coherence

N coherence, adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness, concretion accretion, conglutination, agglutination, agglomeration, aggregation, consolidation, set, cementation, sticking, soldering, connection, dependence, tenacity, toughness, stickiness, inseparability, inseparableness, bur, remora, conglomerate, concrete, cohesive, adhesive, adhering, cohering, tenacious, tough, sticky, united, unseparated, unsessile, inseparable, inextricable, infrangible, compact.