indelible[adjective]Synonyms: permanent, enduring, indestructible, ineradicable, ingrained, lasting
Antonyms: delible
Contrasted words: effaceable, eradicable, erasable, removable, ephemeral, evanescent, passing, temporary, transitory
Related Words: indestructible,
undestroyable,
enduring,
permanent [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
in‧del‧i‧ble /ɪnˈdeləb
əl, ɪnˈdelɪb
əl/
adjective[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: indelibilis, from Latin indelebilis, from delere; ⇒ delete]
1. impossible to remove or forget
Synonym : permanent:
Her words left an indelible impression on me for years to come.2. indelible ink/pencil/marker etc ink etc that makes a permanent mark which cannot be removed
—indelibly adverb:
a moment indelibly imprinted on my mind [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲