Meanings
alternative un-beatable
- not comparableThat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Lauren James was exceptional out wide, Millie Bright unbeatable in defence and Lucy Bronze tireless in dealing with Spain forward Salma Paralluelo.
2025 February 26, Emma Sanders, “'A proper English performance' against Spain”, in BBC Sport1 more example
Deep-set and steady, with eyelashes that many a woman had envied, they showed the man for what he was—a sportsman and a gentleman. And the combination of the two is an unbeatable production.
1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog DrummondSynonyms: invincible, impregnable
plural unbeatables · alternative un-beatable
- Someone or something that cannot be beaten.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehard to defeat
adjectiveincapable of being overcome or subdued
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From un- + beat + -able. Beatable is a back-formation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian непобедим
- непобедим (nepobedim)that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Catalan imbatible
- imbatiblethat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Finnish lyömätön, päihittämätön
- lyömätönthat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
- päihittämätönthat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
- voittamatonthat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
French imbattable, invincible
- imbattablethat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
- invinciblethat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
German unschlagbar
- unschlagbarthat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Hungarian verhetetlen
- verhetetlenthat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Irish dobhuailte, dochloíte
- dobhuailtethat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
- dochloítethat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
- dosháraithethat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Italian imbattibile
- imbattibilethat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Norwegian Bokmål uslåelig
- uslåeligthat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Polish bezkonkurencyjny
- bezkonkurencyjnythat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Portuguese imbatível
- imbatívelthat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Russian непобедимый
- непобедимый (nepobedimyj)that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Spanish imbatible, invencible
- imbatiblethat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
- invenciblethat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Swedish oslagbar
- oslagbarthat cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Ukrainian нездола́нний, неперемо́жний
- нездола́нний (nezdolánnyj)that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
- неперемо́жний (neperemóžnyj)that cannot be beaten, defeated or overcome
Cite this entry
unbeatable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeatable
“unbeatable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeatable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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