Impervious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impervious \Im*per"vi*ous\, a. [L. impervius; pref. im- not +
     per through + via way. See {Voyage}.]
     Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through;
     as, a substance impervious to water or air.
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           This gulf impassable, impervious.        --Milton.
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           The minds of these zealots were absolutely impervious.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     Syn: Impassable; pathless; impenetrable; imperviable;
          impermeable. -- {Im*per"vi*ous*ly}, adv. --
          {Im*per"vi*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impervious
       adj : not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a
             material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to
             argument" [syn: {imperviable}] [ant: {pervious}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "impervious":
     Philistine, airtight, ballproof, beyond reach, bombproof,
     bulletproof, burglarproof, callous, calloused, case-hardened,
     closed forever to, closed to, corrosionproof, dampproof,
     fire-resisting, fireproof, flameproof, flinty, foolproof, hard,
     hardened, hardhearted, hermetic, holeproof, impassable,
     impenetrable, impermeable, impersuadable, impersuasible,
     impervious to, inaccessible, indurated, inflexible, insensitive,
     inured, leakproof, lost to, noiseproof, nonpuncturable, obstinate,
     out of reach, pachydermatous, proof, proof against, punctureproof,
     resistant, rustproof, shatterproof, shellproof, soundproof,
     steeled against, steely, stony, thick-skinned, tight,
     un-come-at-able, unaccessible, unamenable, unapproachable,
     unattainable, unavailable, undiscoverable, ungettable,
     unimpressionable, uninfluenceable, unmovable, unobtainable,
     unpassable, unperforable, unpersuadable, unpierceable, unpliable,
     unprocurable, unreachable, unreceptive, unresponsive, unsecurable,
     unsuggestible, unsusceptible, unswayable, unyielding, watertight,
     weatherproof