UNTOUCHABLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
   Synonym(s)
   • Harijan (what does Harijan mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) untouchable is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • outcast (what does outcast mean?)
   • castaway (what does castaway mean?)
   • pariah (what does pariah mean?)
   • Ishmael (what does Ishmael mean?)

UNTOUCHABLE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • not capable of being obtained
   Synonym(s)
   • inaccessible (what does inaccessible mean?)
   • unobtainable (what does unobtainable mean?)
   • unprocurable (what does unprocurable mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a rare work, today almost inaccessible
   • timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands
   • untouchable resources buried deep within the earth
   Similar To
   • unavailable (what does unavailable mean?)
2. Meaning
   • defiling to the touch
   • especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes
   Similar To
   • unclean (what does unclean mean?)
   • impure (what does impure mean?)
3. Meaning
   • forbidden to the touch
   Usage Example(s)
   • in most museums such articles are untouchable
   Similar To
   • impermissible (what does impermissible mean?)
4. Meaning
   • impossible to assail
   Synonym(s)
   • unassailable (what does unassailable mean?)
   Similar To
   • inviolable (what does inviolable mean?)
5. Meaning
   • beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
   Usage Example(s)
   • for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target- Newsweek
   Similar To
   • invulnerable (what does invulnerable mean?)