Word Meanings - INVINCIBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle. Lead forth to battle these my sons Invincible. Milton. -- In*vin"ci*ble*ness, n. -- In*vin"ci*bly, adv.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INVINCIBLE)
- Indomitable
- Invincible
- untamable
- irrepressible
- indefatigable
- Inviolable
- Impregnable
- invincible
- strict
- immovable
- unimpeachable
- unalterable
Related words: (words related to INVINCIBLE)
- STRICT
Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. Syn. -- Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe. -- Strict, Severe. Strict, applied to a person, denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts - STRICTNESS
Quality or state of being strict. - STRICTURED
Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct. - UNIMPEACHABLE
Not impeachable; not to be called in question; exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony. Burke. -- Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness, - INDEFATIGABLE
Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; unremitting in labor or effort; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue; as, indefatigable exertions, perseverance, application. "A constant, indefatigable attendance." South. Upborne with - IMMOVABLE
Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed; as, an immovable estate. See Immovable, n. Blackstone. Immovable apparatus , an appliance, like the plaster of paris bandage, which keeps fractured parts firmly in place. -- Immovable - STRICTURE
A localized morbid contraction of any passage of the body. Cf. Organic stricture, and Spasmodic stricture, under Organic, and Spasmodic. Arbuthnot. (more info) 1. Strictness. A man of stricture and firm abstinence. Shak. 2. A stroke; a glance; - INVIOLABLENESS
The quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness of divine justice. - INDEFATIGABLENESS
Indefatigable quality; unweariedness; persistency. Parnell. - STRICTLY
In a strict manner; closely; precisely. - IMMOVABLENESS
Quality of being immovable. - STRICTION
The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted. Line of striction , the line on a skew surface that cuts each generator in that point of it that is nearest to the succeeding generator. - IRREPRESSIBLE
Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict. W. H. Steward. - INVINCIBLE
Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle. Lead forth to battle these my sons Invincible. Milton. -- In*vin"ci*ble*ness, n. -- In*vin"ci*bly, adv. - INVIOLABLE
1. Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine. He tried a third, - INDOMITABLE
Not to be subdued; untamable; invincible; as, an indomitable will, courage, animal. - IMPREGNABLE
Not to be stormed, or taken by assault; incapable of being subdued; able to resist attack; unconquerable; as, an impregnable fortress; impregnable virtue. The man's affection remains wholly unconcerned and impregnable. South. -- Im*preg"na*ble*ness, - ASTRICT
To restrict the tenure of; as, to astrict lands. See Astriction, 4. Burrill. (more info) 1. To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract. The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted. Arbuthnot. 2. To bind; to constrain; to restrict; to - BOA CONSTRICTOR
A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: It has a succession of spots, alternately black and yellow, extending along the back. It kills its prey by constriction. - RESTRICT
Restricted. - REDISTRICT
To divide into new districts. - CONSTRICTION
1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression. 2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding. - VASOCONSTRICTOR
Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic. n. - CONSTRICT
To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or ause to shrink. Such things as constrict the fibers. Arbuthnot. Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction constrict. Todd & Bowman. - ADSTRICT
See ASTRICTION (more info) -- Ad*stric"tion, n. - DISTRICT
Rigorous; stringent; harsh. Punishing with the rod of district severity. Foxe. - PRESTRICTION
Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight. Milton. - ASTRICTORY
Astrictive. - RED-LIGHT DISTRICT
A district or neighborhood in which disorderly resorts are frequent; -- so called in allusion to the red light kept in front of many such resorts at night.