Antonyms for impassable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-pas-uh-buh l, -pah-suh-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpæs ə bəl, -ˈpɑ sə-


Definition of impassable

Origin :
  • "that cannot be passed," 1560s, from im- + passable.
  • adj closed
Example sentences :
  • Come, the hedges of Nature are not as impassable as the hedges of man.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • It was, to her, like an impassable rampart, which shut off her past.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • In the same way too the Parthenius is impassable, which you will reach if you cross the Halys.
  • Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • How impassable was the plain, had we failed to conquer their cavalry!
  • Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
  • She looked to the right and left The forest walls were impassable.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • And on one side of her the flames commingled so as to be impassable.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Before we get to the Gate the road will be impassable for our horses.
  • Extract from : « Snow-Bound at Eagle's » by Bret Harte
  • We camped immediately, for we had landed on impassable gravel.
  • Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
  • "The track is impassable," said an old Shoka who had just arrived from Garbyang.
  • Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
  • In fact, they sometimes form a barrier which is all but impassable.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in Switzerland » by Jacob Abbott

Synonyms for impassable

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