INEFFACEABLE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

ineffaceable

adjective

Definition of ineffaceable

as in indelible

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Recent Examples of ineffaceable The relic, with ghostly, ineffaceable traces of the original handiwork, is in the show. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineffaceable

Adjective

Palmer doesn’t appear until the last 15 minutes, but her creepy performance is indelible.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
On the fiction side, indelible characters ranged from a small-town classical music pianist, to a member of the French Resistance, to a groundbreaking female economist in the 19th century.

— Monitor reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of indelible

Adjective

Its residents were subject not just to innumerable petty restrictions, but to an ineradicable, if often variable, hostility.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
The contradictions of their closeness aren’t papered over; the unease is allowed to linger, inflamed and ineradicable.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026

Definition of ineradicable

Adjective

Who doesn’t long for an indissoluble, unforced authenticity that is able to withstand and outshine not only loss but temptations like deception, contrivance, and dishonesty?

— Elizabeth Mata, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2026
The love trial ended in mutual frustration, but their bond was indissoluble.

— Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022

Definition of indissoluble

Adjective

After a series of trials that kept them apart, Psyche proved her devotion to the gods, was rescued by her divine husband, and became immortal herself.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
My absolute favorite long-burn joke is that Kenneth is immortal.

— Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of immortal

Adjective

The Finnish Government has granted Posiva Oy an operating license for the world’s first permanent underground repository for spent nuclear fuel.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Continue reading â¦ BUDGET CLIFF â California mayor touts cash handouts as cities struggle for permanent tax funds.

— , FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of permanent

Adjective

Instead of clarity and stability, the future of Russian politics will reflect the consequences of the seemingly deathless regime that Putin has built.

— Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
There is the deathless debate around the compatibility — or otherwise — of winning and entertaining.

— The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026

Definition of deathless

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