invincible
pronunciation
How to pronounce invincible in British English:
UK [ɪnˈvɪnsəbl]
How to pronounce invincible in American English:
US [ɪnˈvɪnsəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of being overcome or subdued
Word Origin
- invincible
- invincible: see vanquish
- invincible (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French invincible (14c.) or directly from Latin invincibilis "unconquerable," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + vincibilis "conquerable," from vincere "to overcome" (see victor). Related: Invincibly. Noun meaning "one who is invincible" is from 1630s. Invincible ignorance is from Church Latin ignorantia invincibilis (Aquinas). Related: Invincibly.
Synonym
Example
- 1. It makes you more active , positive and invincible .
- 2. Remind students that they 're on their own and are not invincible .
- 3. I still stubbornly insisted I was invincible .
- 4. Which in the present state of our intelligence and population must render us invincible .
- 5. In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer .