Meanings
comparative more untouchable · superlative most untouchable
- Not able to be touched.
Sunday’s election is the first to be held after youth-led mass protests in 2020 shocked the establishment by […] criticising an institution previously considered untouchable.
2023 May 14, Rebecca Ratcliffe, Thitipol Panyalimpanun, “Opposition parties take lead in Thai election”, in The Guardian - Not able to be defeated or bested.
The Minnesota Vikings have been untouchable this year as they've won their sixth consecutive game.
plural untouchables
- IndiaA member of the lowest and most discriminated caste in traditional Indian society.
Synonyms: Dalit, pariah, undesirable
- A law enforcement agent immune to intimidation, bribery, or seduction.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of outcast: a person excluded from society.
nounA member of the lowest and most discriminated caste in traditional Indian society.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebeyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
adjectiveimpossible to assail
adjectiveforbidden to the touch
adjective(especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
adjectivenot capable of being obtained
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishtouchable
- Englishuntouchable
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀθίγγανος
- ἀθίγγανος (athínganos)not able to be touched
Bulgarian недосега̀ем, неприкосновѐн
- недосега̀ем (nedosegàem)not able to be touched
- неприкосновѐн (neprikosnovèn)not able to be touched
- недосегаем (nedosegaem)criminal
Catalan intocable, intangible
- intocablenot able to be touched
- intangiblenot able to be touched
- pàriamember of the lowest caste
- intocablemember of the lowest caste
Chinese Mandarin 賤民 /贱民
- 賤民 /贱民 (jiànmín)member of the lowest caste
Esperanto netuŝebla
- netuŝeblanot able to be touched
Estonian paaria
- paariamember of the lowest caste
Finnish koskematon, kastiton
- koskematonnot able to be touched
- kastitonmember of the lowest caste
- koskematonmember of the lowest caste
- paariamember of the lowest caste
- hylkiömember of the lowest caste
- lahjomatonincorruptible law enforcement agent
French intouchable, intouchable
- intouchablenot able to be touched
- intouchablemember of the lowest caste
- pariamember of the lowest caste
German unantastbar, Unberührbarer m Paria
- unantastbarnot able to be touched
- Unberührbarer m Pariamember of the lowest caste
Greek παρίας, παρίας
- παρίας (parías)criminal
- παρίας (parías)member of the lowest caste
- αδιάφθορος (adiáfthoros)incorruptible law enforcement agent
Hindi अछूत, अस्पृश्य
- अछूत (achūt)member of the lowest caste
- अस्पृश्य (aspṛshya)member of the lowest caste
Hungarian érinthetetlen, érinthetetlen
- érinthetetlennot able to be touched
- érinthetetlencriminal
- érinthetetlenmember of the lowest caste
Indonesian paria
- pariamember of the lowest caste
Irish duine seachanta
- duine seachantamember of the lowest caste
Italian intoccabile
- intoccabilenot able to be touched
Japanese パーリア, パーリヤ
- パーリア (pāria)member of the lowest caste
- パーリヤ (pāriya)member of the lowest caste
- 不可触民 (fukashokumin)member of the lowest caste
- 部落民 (Burakumin)member of the lowest caste
Korean 백정
- 백정 (baekjeong)member of the lowest caste
Polish niedotykalny, nietykalny
- niedotykalnynot able to be touched
- nietykalnycriminal
- pariasmember of the lowest caste
- nietykalnymember of the lowest caste
- nietykalnamember of the lowest caste
- nietykalnyincorruptible law enforcement agent
Portuguese intocável, pária
- intocávelnot able to be touched
- páriamember of the lowest caste
- pariámember of the lowest caste
Romanian paria
- pariamember of the lowest caste
Russian неприкаса́емый, неприкоснове́нный
- неприкаса́емый (neprikasájemyj)not able to be touched
- неприкоснове́нный (neprikosnovénnyj)not able to be touched
- па́рия (párija)member of the lowest caste
Spanish intocable, intocable
- intocablenot able to be touched
- intocablecriminal
- pariamember of the lowest caste
- intocablemember of the lowest caste
Swedish oantastlig
- oantastlignot able to be touched
Tamil பறையன்
- பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ)member of the lowest caste
Urdu چنڈال
- چنڈالmember of the lowest caste
Welsh anghyffyrddadwy
- anghyffyrddadwynot able to be touched
Cite this entry
untouchable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untouchable
“untouchable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untouchable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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