Meanings
comparative more incorruptible · superlative most incorruptible · alternative incorruptable · alternative uncorruptible · alternative uncorruptable
- Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
Synonyms: unbribable · Antonyms: corruptible
- Not subject to corruption or decay.
Let us run in the straight road the race that is incorruptible
a. 1737, William Wake, Genuine Epistles of the Apostolic Fathers
plural incorruptibles · alternative incorruptable · alternative uncorruptible · alternative uncorruptable
- ChristianityA person whose body does not decompose after death, a sign of holiness.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveIncapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveincapable of being morally corrupted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinincorruptibilis
- Middle Frenchincorruptible
- Englishincorruptible
Borrowed from Middle French incorruptible, from Latin incorruptibilis. By surface analysis, in- + corruptible.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἄφθαρτος
- ἄφθαρτος (áphthartos)not subject to corruption or decay
Bulgarian неподкупен, неразложим
- неподкупен (nepodkupen)incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
- неразложим (nerazložim)not subject to corruption or decay
Catalan incorruptible
- incorruptibleincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
Dutch onomkoopbaar, onkreukbaar
- onomkoopbaarincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
- onkreukbaarincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
Finnish turmeltumaton, turmeltumaton
- turmeltumatonincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
- turmeltumatonnot subject to corruption or decay
French incorruptible
- incorruptibleincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
German unbestechlich, nicht korrumpierbar
- unbestechlichincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
- nicht korrumpierbarincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
- moralisch gefestigtincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
- unkorrumpierbarincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
- unvergänglichnot subject to corruption or decay
- unzerstörbarnot subject to corruption or decay
- unverderblichnot subject to corruption or decay
Greek άφθαρτος, αδιάφθορος
- άφθαρτος (áfthartos)incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
- αδιάφθορος (adiáfthoros)incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
- άφθαρτος (áfthartos)not subject to corruption or decay
Italian incorruttibile
- incorruttibileincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
Polish nieprzekupny
- nieprzekupnyincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
Portuguese incorruptível
- incorruptívelincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
Russian неподку́пный
- неподку́пный (nepodkúpnyj)incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
Spanish incorruptible
- incorruptibleincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
Swedish omutlig, omutbar
- omutligincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
- omutbarincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
Ukrainian непідку́пний
- непідку́пний (nepidkúpnyj)incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
Welsh anllygredig
- anllygredigincapable of being bribed or morally corrupted
Cite this entry
incorruptible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorruptible
“incorruptible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorruptible. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incorruptible,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorruptible.
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