impervious[adjective]Synonyms:- sealed, impassable, impenetrable, impermeable, resistant
- unaffected, immune, invulnerable, proof against, unmoved, untouched
Antonyms: pervious
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
im‧per‧vi‧ous /ɪmˈpɜːviəs $ -ɜːr-/
adjective [not before noun][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: impervius, from pervius 'allowing things to pass through', from per 'through' + via 'way']
1. formal not affected or influenced by something and seeming not to notice it
impervious to His ego was impervious to self-doubt.2. technical not allowing anything to enter or pass through:
impervious volcanic rockimpervious to materials that are impervious to water [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲