unconquerable

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/ʌnˈkɒŋkəɹəbəl/

adjective

Not conquerable; indomitable.

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 26

Meanings

adjectiveunconquerable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot conquerable; indomitable.

    Be careful when power comes to thee also, lest thou too shouldst smite in thine anger or thy jealousy, for unconquerable strength is a sore weapon in the hands of erring man.

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “The Spirit of Life”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, pages 282–283
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    In computing, the unconquerable trilemma is embodied in the well-known CAP theorem for distributed systems, also called Brewer’s CAP theorem. This states that any distributed database can only attain two of three guarantees: consistency, availability and partition tolerance.

    2023 June 2, Charles Xie, “Trilemma Trade-Offs: A New CAP Theorem For Vector Databases Has Emerged”, Forbes Technology Council, in Forbes, Forbes Media, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2023

    Synonyms: inconquerable

noununconquerable (plural unconquerables)

plural unconquerables

  1. Someone or something that cannot be conquered.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot conquerable; indomitable.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveincapable of being surmounted or excelled

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishconquer
  9. Englishconquerable
  10. Englishunconquerable

From un- + conquerable. Piecewise doublet of inconquerable.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀκαταγώιστος
  • ἀκαταγώιστος (akatagṓistos)not conquerable
Catalan inconquerible, inconquistable
  • inconqueriblenot conquerable
  • inconquistablenot conquerable
Esperanto nekonkerebla
  • nekonkereblanot conquerable
French imprenable
  • imprenablenot conquerable
Greek ακαταμάχητος
  • ακαταμάχητος (akatamáchitos)not conquerable
Hindi अजय
  • अजय (ajay)not conquerable
Hungarian legyőzhetetlen
  • legyőzhetetlennot conquerable
Irish dochloíte, doleigheasta
  • dochloítenot conquerable
  • doleigheastanot conquerable
  • dosháraithenot conquerable
  • doshásaithenot conquerable
Latin impenetrabilis
  • impenetrabilisnot conquerable
Spanish inconquistable
  • inconquistablenot conquerable
Cite this entry
APA

unconquerable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconquerable

MLA

“unconquerable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconquerable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unconquerable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unconquerable.

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