incorruptible

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adjective

Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveincorruptible (comparative more incorruptible, superlative most incorruptible)

comparative more incorruptible · superlative most incorruptible · alternative incorruptable · alternative uncorruptible · alternative uncorruptable

  1. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.

    Synonyms: unbribable · Antonyms: corruptible

  2. 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
nounincorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

plural incorruptibles · alternative incorruptable · alternative uncorruptible · alternative uncorruptable

  1. ChristianityA person whose body does not decompose after death, a sign of holiness.
  2. historicalOne of an ancient religious sect of Alexandria, whose adherents believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, and pain only in appearance.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveIncapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveincapable of being morally corrupted

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinincorruptibilis
  2. Middle Frenchincorruptible
  3. Englishincorruptible

Borrowed from Middle French incorruptible, from Latin incorruptibilis. By surface analysis, in- + corruptible.

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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
APA

incorruptible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorruptible

MLA

“incorruptible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorruptible. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incorruptible,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorruptible.

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