Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Incapable of being conquered or subdued; that cannot be overcome; unconquerable; insuperable: as, an invincible army; invincible difficulties.
- n. One who is invincible. Specifically
- n. A member of an Irish society, organized in 1881, whose avowed object was “to remove all tyrants from the country.”
Wiktionary
- n. Someone or something that cannot be defeated, destroyed or killed.
- adj. Impossible to defeat, destroy or kill.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. incapable of being overcome or subdued
Etymologies
- From Latin invincibilis ("unconquerable"), from in- ("not") + vincibilis ("conquerable"), from vincere ("to conquer"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French, from Latin invincibilis : in-, not; see in-1 + vincibilis, conquerable; see vincible. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“That invincible Samson far renowned" we should lay the stress on the first syllable of _invincible_.”
“Caleb, observing what stress they laid upon the difficulty of conquering Hebron, a city garrisoned by the giants, and how thence they inferred that the conquest of the whole land was utterly impracticable, in opposition to their suggestions, and to convince the people that he spoke as he thought, bravely desired to have that city which they called invincible assigned to himself for his own portion: "I will undertake to deal with that, and, if I cannot get it for my inheritance, I will be without.”
“I would like to see them come against my lads, I'll show them what the word invincible truly means.”
“So far as fixing human responsibility, the most important division of ignorance is that designated by the terms invincible and vincible.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
“What he had heard from Malinche had greatly raised his curiosity with regard to her country, and his longing to see these people, whom she described as invincible in war, and so infinitely superior in civilization to the Tabascans.”
“The heroine, in a nice change of pace from the usual insecure whiner, is described by the mangaka herself as "invincible"--she is coolly confident in herself and her quite formidable powers.”
Manga Mondays with Kethylia 12/3 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
“They became "invincible" - natural-born jungle - and night-fighters, as well as "utterly ruthless, utterly cruel and utterly blind to any of the values which make up our civilization.”
“They became "invincible" -- natural-born jungle - and night-fighters, as well as "utterly ruthless, utterly cruel and utterly blind to any of the values which make up our civilization.”
“No Responses to "Sky's Sunday Supplement: Manchester United's squad, rather than the team, is" invincible "- Paul Hayward”
“When he fully understood the nature of my situation, in invincible aversion to Sir John Belgrave, and my fears, which, mortifying as they must be to him, I could not help expressing, lest his father should prevail on Mrs Newill to betray me entirely into his power – he expressed in his rough sea language so much pity for me, and so much indignation at the conduct of his family, that I became persuaded I might trust him.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘invincible’.
-
GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
-
bbc uk china vocab.
conservationists, estimate, threats, infertility, eating away at, endangered, furry, panel, in trouble, gongs, triumphed, caps and 1007 more...
-
Dominant/Submissive
abusive, adamant, autocratic, bossy, bullheaded, bumptious, certain, cock-a-hoop, cocksure, cocky, commanding, compelling and 189 more...
-
Lesson 9
dumbfounded, ensue, era, flourish, garrison, grievous', hoard, inundate, invincible, nomad, placate, principal and 3 more...
-
Wordly Wise Vocab 9
dumbfound, ensue, era, flourish, garrison, grievous, hoard, inundate, invincible, nomad, placate, principal and 3 more...
-
Vocabtech9e
sacrifice, ruthless, recede, principal, nomad, invincible, inundate, hoard, grievous, garrison, flourish, era and 3 more...
-
big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
-
Just 'cause I like 'em, I
irenic, inimical, ignotism, infrangible, internecine, illumine, ingot, imposter, iconoclast, indefeasible, indefatigable, impingement and 184 more...
-
Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
Vocabulary Words
words to reference while writing something
cohesive, epitome, tempered, imply, prudent, sundry, sagest, agitation, giddy, disposition, inclination, gracious and 114 more...
-
Wharton, Edith. Age of Innocence. 1920
A list of difficult words for L2-12 learners.
Faust, erection, metropolitan, splendor, shabby, conservatives, cherished, inconvenient, clung, acoustics, coupe, scramble and 261 more...
-
miltonic
liberty, froth-becurlèd, host, huge-bellied, aghast, rills, gladsom, wrathfull, ordain, thunder-clasping, ruddy, warble and 264 more...
-
stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
-
Ships
All of which are mentioned in O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels, someplace or other. Most are British navy ships, some are French navy, and others aren't either one.
See also the list Sh...franklin, surprise, agamemnon, vanguard, truelove, minerva, diane, victory, sophie, cacafuego, euryalus, alastor and 382 more...
-
ash
ash
abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
-
"A List of His MAJESTY's Ships and Ve...
Boston: Re-Printed and Sold at J. Draper's Printing-Office in Newbury-Street. (Price Sixteen Pence single.)
See the companion list, A LIST of the Men of War the French have left," 174...apollo, deptford, portsmouth, princess royal, scarborough, sutherland, william and mary, mary, fubbs, dublin, charlotte, catherine and 302 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for invincible.

Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.