inseparable

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˈse-p(ə-)rə-bəl How to pronounce inseparable (audio)
Definition of inseparablenext
as in familiar
closely acquainted they've been inseparable friends since they met at summer camp years ago

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Recent Examples of inseparable Creating easy-to-style combinations also went through the color palette, owing to Dorst’s belief that texture and tone are an inseparable pair. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026 These technologies will become inseparable from how businesses compete. — Jake Rozmaryn, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026 For Menchú the Indigenous womb is inseparable from the struggle for survival. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026 Students at a protest camp in Rome told CNN that affordable housing was inseparable from a good education. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inseparable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inseparable
  1. familiar
  2. close
  3. intimate
  4. friendly
  5. chummy
  6. bosom
Adjective
  • The Sagittarius Moon draws attention to your private world, while Mercury retrograde in Scorpio encourages another look at familiar accounts.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • These businesses offer artists access to audiences who may not regularly visit museums or galleries, allowing artwork to become part of familiar neighborhood environments.
    — J.M. Banks November 10, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of familiar
Adjective
  • Hours after the attack, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said authorities found the bodies of three of the suspect's close family members -- two women and a man -- inside of his home in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, a city about 100 miles northeast of Krakow.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Purdue cut the deficit to 34-29 on Ijeboi's TD run but couldn't get any closer.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of close
Adjective
  • The nearby Giraffe Centre offers intimate encounters with these gentle giants.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The intimate, family-style dinner hosted about 300 guests and benefitted the Luck Family Foundation, which supports food education, access and agricultural resilience through partnerships with Farm Aid and the Texas Food & Wine Alliance.
    — Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of intimate
Adjective
  • The service The staff are as smooth and friendly as the setting.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Despite the beery bonhomie and singalong-friendly simplicity of their tunes, the Twisted Teens are grappling with an increasingly complex tangle of contradictions and tensions.
    — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of friendly
Adjective
  • Still, some aspects of a historically chummy industry remain unchanged.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Soon, Senior is the new leader of his son’s gang, winning hearts and minds with ’Nam stories and chummy nicknames.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of chummy
Adjective
  • Schubert and the law enforcement agencies that fall under her jurisdiction appear to be bosom buddies.
    — Monique Judge, The Root, 15 May 2018
  • Jim Hamre and Zack Willhoite were also bosom buddies in their passion for public transportation who had excitedly awaited the day higher-speed trains could zip through their home turf.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2017
Definition of bosom

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“Inseparable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inseparable. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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