Adjacent Words

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact" [syn: integral, entire, intact]
2: (of a woman) having the hymen unbroken; "she was intact, virginal" [syn: intact, inviolate]
3: (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire horse" [syn: entire, intact]
4: undamaged in any way; "the vase remained intact despit rough handling"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English intacte, from Latin intactus, from in- + tactus, past participle of tangere to touch — more at tangent Date: 15th century 1. untouched especially by anything that harms or diminishes ; entire, uninjured 2. of a living body or its parts having no relevant component removed or destroyed: a. physically virginal b. not castrated Synonyms: see perfect • intactness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 entire; unimpaired. 2 untouched. Derivatives: intactness n. Etymology: ME f. L intactus (as IN-(1), tactus past part. of tangere touch)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Intact In*tact", a. [L. intactus; pref. in- not + tactus, p. p. of tangere to touch: cf. F. intact. See In- not, and Tact, Tangent.] Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; undefiled; left complete or entire. --Buckle. When all external differences have passed away, one element remains intact, unchanged, -- the everlasting basis of our common nature, the human soul. --F. W. Robertson.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is intact is complete and has not been damaged or changed. Most of the cargo was left intact after the explosion... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Untouched, uninjured, unhurt, unharmed, scathless. 2. Undiminished, unbroken, whole, entire, without a fracture.

Moby Thesaurus

Platonic, abiding, abstinent, budding, callow, celibate, changeless, complete, conserved, constant, continent, continuing, developed, dewy, durable, enduring, entire, ever-new, evergreen, firm, firsthand, fixed, flawless, fledgling, fresh, frozen, full, full-fledged, full-grown, full-scale, global, green, growing, immature, immobile, immune, immunized, immutable, imperforate, impubic, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, insured, integral, inviolate, juicy, kept, lasting, maiden, maidenly, mature, matured, minor, naive, neoteric, nestling, new, new-fledged, original, pathless, perfect, permanent, perpetual, persistent, pierceless, preserved, pristine, protected, quiescent, raw, remaining, rigid, ripe, ripening, safe, safe and sound, sappy, saved, secure, sempervirent, solid, sound, spared, stable, static, stationary, staying, steadfast, sustained, tender, together, torpid, total, trackless, unabbreviated, unadult, unaltered, unbeaten, unblemished, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, uncut, undamaged, undefiled, underage, undestroyed, undeveloped, undiminished, undivided, unexpurgated, unfading, unfailing, unfledged, unformed, unhandled, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unlicked, unmarred, unmellowed, unperforated, unpierced, unqualified, unreduced, unripe, unscathed, unseasoned, unshifting, unspoiled, unsullied, untainted, unthreatened, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, unvaried, unvarying, utter, vernal, vestal, virgin, virginal, wayless, well-conserved, whole, young