Meanings
comparative more unbreakable · superlative most unbreakable
- Difficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.
unbreakable comb
1 more example
His 14 singles titles still look like a typo even for those like me who have watched him build that probably unbreakable record, red brick by red brick.
2023 May 18, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: infrangible
- Not able to be broken in.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDifficult or impossible to break and therefore able to withstand rough usage.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveimpossible to break especially under ordinary usage
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrégeti
- Proto-Germanic*brekaną
- Proto-West Germanic*brekan
- Old Englishbrecan
- Middle Englishbreken
- Englishbreak
- Englishunbreakable
Translations
Ancient Greek ἄρρηκτος, ἀαγής
- ἄρρηκτος (árrhēktos)difficult or impossible to break
- ἀαγής (aagḗs)difficult or impossible to break
Bulgarian нечуплив
- нечуплив (nečupliv)difficult or impossible to break
Catalan irrompible, intrencable
- irrompibledifficult or impossible to break
- intrencabledifficult or impossible to break
Danish ubrydelig
- ubrydeligdifficult or impossible to break
Finnish rikkoutumaton
- rikkoutumatondifficult or impossible to break
French incassable
- incassabledifficult or impossible to break
German unzerbrechlich
- unzerbrechlichdifficult or impossible to break
Greek άθραυστος
- άθραυστος (áthrafstos)difficult or impossible to break
Hindi अभेद्य
- अभेद्य (abhedya)difficult or impossible to break
Hungarian törhetetlen
- törhetetlendifficult or impossible to break
Italian infrangibile
- infrangibiledifficult or impossible to break
Latin infragilis
- infragilisdifficult or impossible to break
Norwegian Bokmål uknuselig
- uknuseligdifficult or impossible to break
Polish niełamliwy, niezniszczalny
- niełamliwydifficult or impossible to break
- niezniszczalny(figuratively) resilient
Portuguese inquebrável
- inquebráveldifficult or impossible to break
Spanish irrompible, inquebrantable
- irrompibledifficult or impossible to break
- inquebrantable(figuratively) resilient
Swedish okrossbar
- okrossbardifficult or impossible to break
Turkish kırılmaz
- kırılmazdifficult or impossible to break
Ukrainian незла́мний, нерозри́вний
- незла́мний (nezlámnyj)difficult or impossible to break
- нерозри́вний (nerozrývnyj)difficult or impossible to break
- незла́мний (nezlámnyj)(figuratively) resilient
Cite this entry
unbreakable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbreakable
“unbreakable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbreakable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbreakable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbreakable.
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