Meanings
- not comparableImpossible to untie or disentangle.
And when it comes to far-right anti-Semitism, hatred of Jews is inextricable from opposition to socialism.
2020, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward - not comparableImpossible to solve.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveImpossible from which to escape.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Latintrīcae
- Latinextrīcō
- Latininextrīcābilis
- Middle Frenchinextricable
- Englishinextricable
From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextrīcābilis.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian заплетен, неразвръзваем
- заплетен (zapleten)impossible to untie or disentangle
- неразвръзваем (nerazvrăzvaem)impossible to untie or disentangle
- неразрешим (nerazrešim)impossible to solve
- безизходен (bezizhoden)impossible to escape from
Catalan inextricable
- inextricableimpossible to untie or disentangle
Czech neoddělitelný, neoddělitelně propojený
- neoddělitelnýimpossible to untie or disentangle
- neoddělitelně propojenýimpossible to untie or disentangle
- nerozpletitelnýimpossible to untie or disentangle
- neřešitelnýimpossible to solve
French inextricable, inextricable
- inextricableimpossible to untie or disentangle
- inextricableimpossible to escape from
German unentwirrbar, unablösbar
- unentwirrbarimpossible to untie or disentangle
- unablösbarimpossible to untie or disentangle
- unlösbarimpossible to solve
- unentrinnbarimpossible to escape from
Italian inestricabile
- inestricabileimpossible to untie or disentangle
Latin inextricabilis
- inextricabilisimpossible to untie or disentangle
Russian не распутывающийся, безнадёжно запутанный
- не распутывающийся (ne rasputyvajuščijsja)impossible to untie or disentangle
- безнадёжно запутанный (beznadjóžno zaputannyj)impossible to untie or disentangle
- неразрешимый (nerazrešimyj)impossible to solve
- безвыходный (bezvyxodnyj)impossible to escape from
Spanish inextricable
- inextricableimpossible to untie or disentangle
Swedish olöslig, omöjlig att komma ur
- olösligimpossible to solve
- omöjlig att komma urimpossible to escape from
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with inextricable
Cite this entry
inextricable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inextricable
“inextricable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inextricable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inextricable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inextricable.
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