Meanings
- not comparableNever defeated; always victorious.
Near-synonyms: unvanquished, unbeaten, unconquered
3 more examples
He was the undefeated tiddlywinks champion of the school.
Prudle, who had a vocabulary of nearly 800 words, was taken from a nest at Jinja, Uganda in 1958. She retired undefeated.
1997, Mark C. Young (editor), The Guinness Book of World Records 1997, page 49Six weeks into the season, there are still two undefeated teams in the N.F.L.
2019 October 15, Victor Mather, “The 49ers Are Undefeated. Yes, Those 49ers.”, in The New York TimesSynonyms: unvanquished, unbeaten, unconquered · Antonyms: winless
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivevictorious
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-
- Englishdefeat
- Englishdefeated
- Englishundefeated
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 從不敗北 /从不败北, 戰無不勝 /战无不胜
- 從不敗北 /从不败北 (cóngbù bàiběi)not defeated
- 戰無不勝 /战无不胜 (zhànwúbùshèng)not defeated
Danish ubesejret
- ubesejretnot defeated
Esperanto nevenkita
- nevenkitanot defeated
Finnish voittamaton, päihittämätön
- voittamatonnot defeated
- päihittämätönnot defeated
French invaincu, invaincue
- invaincunot defeated
- invaincuenot defeated
German unbesiegt
- unbesiegtnot defeated
Greek αήττητος, ανίκητος
- αήττητος (aḯttitos)not defeated
- ανίκητος (aníkitos)not defeated
Irish neamhbhuailte, neamhchloíte
- neamhbhuailtenot defeated
- neamhchloítenot defeated
- gan chloínot defeated
Italian invitto
- invittonot defeated
Latin invictus
- invictusnot defeated
Norwegian Bokmål ubeseiret, ubeseira
- ubeseiretnot defeated
- ubeseiranot defeated
Polish niepokonany
- niepokonanynot defeated
Russian непобеждённый
- непобеждённый (nepobeždjónnyj)not defeated
Spanish invicto
- invictonot defeated
Turkish namağlup, yenilgisiz
- namağlupnot defeated
- yenilgisiznot defeated
Cite this entry
undefeated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undefeated
“undefeated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undefeated. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undefeated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undefeated.
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