Meanings
- not comparableCapable of being defeated or overcome; assailable or vulnerable.
vincible by human aid
1796, William Paley, A View of the Evidences of Christianity1 more example
He, not easily vincible in spirit […] drew his sword.
a. 1628 (date written), John Hayward, The Life, and Raigne of King Edward the Sixt, London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press, and J. Lichfield at Oxford?] for Iohn Partridge, […], published 1630, →OCLCSynonyms: conquerable, defeatable, weak
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCapable of being defeated or overcome; assailable or vulnerable.
antonym(s) of “capable of being defeated”
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesusceptible to being defeated
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinvincibilis“conquerable”
- Englishvincible
From Latin vincibilis (“conquerable”), from vincere (“to conquer”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian победим
- победим (pobedim)capable of being defeated
Catalan vencible
- venciblecapable of being defeated
Dutch overwinnelijk
- overwinnelijkcapable of being defeated
French vincible
- vinciblecapable of being defeated
German besiegbar
- besiegbarcapable of being defeated
Italian vincibile, battibile
- vincibilecapable of being defeated
- battibilecapable of being defeated
Japanese 倒せる, 弱い
- 倒せる (taoseru)capable of being defeated
- 弱い (yowai)capable of being defeated
Portuguese vencível
- vencívelcapable of being defeated
Spanish vencible
- venciblecapable of being defeated
Cite this entry
vincible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vincible
“vincible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vincible. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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