indelible

Meaning

1. Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
2. (figuratively) Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.
3. Incapable of being annulled.

Opposite of

delible, uninsertable

Synonyms

permanent

ineffaceable

unerasable

ineradicable

haunting

ingrained

inherent

lasting

lost

persistent

stabile

standing

sustainable

sustained

unalterable

unforgettable

abiding

undeletable

changeless

constant

fixed

Translations

indélébile

unauslöschlich

indelebile

indeleble

ανεξίτηλος

onuitwisbaar

indelével

imborrable

ineffaçable

hatıra

sabitlik

incancellabile

silinmez

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈdɛləbl/

Etymology

From Latin indelebilis (“indestructible”).