untouchableadjective
uk/ʌnˈtʌtʃ.ə.bəl/us/ʌnˈtʌtʃ.ə.bəl/untouchable adjective (PROTECTED)
not able to be punished, criticized, or changed in any way:
He believed the police would never arrest him, that he was untouchable.
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Safe and secure
- as safe as houses idiom
- bite
- coast
- copper-bottomed
- fail-safe
- firmly
- friendly
- immune
- in safe hands idiom
- innocent
- innocuous
- inoffensive
- inviolate
- ozone-friendly
- safety
- safety net
- sb/sth won't bite idiom
- seaworthy
- securely
- sheltered
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untouchable adjective (NOT DEFEATED)
not able to be defeated or to be as good as:
Coventry City have proved untouchable this season - they've just won their sixth consecutive game.
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Physically strong and powerful
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- almighty
- billy-o
- brute
- burly
- elemental
- high-octane
- industrial-strength
- invincible
- invulnerable
- muscle-flexing
- omnipotent
- reckon
- stout
- stoutly
- sturdy
- superhuman
- to be reckoned with idiom
- tough
- toughie
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untouchablenoun [ C ]
uk/ʌnˈtʌtʃ.ə.bəl/us/ʌnˈtʌtʃ.ə.bəl/a member of the lowest social group in Indian society
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Class & class-consciousness in general
- arriviste
- bougie
- bourgeois
- class struggle
- class-conscious
- high society
- Hooray Henry
- inverted snob
- lower class
- lowest common denominator
- polarize
- prole
- proletarian
- riff-raff
- Sloane Ranger
- the upper crust
- underclass
- upper class
- upwardly mobile
- well bred
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