adj
Meaning 1
Impossible to achieve or overcome or be negotiated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
insuperable
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adj
Meaning 2
Overwhelming or insurmountable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
impossible to surmount
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insurmountable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
incapable of being surmounted or excelled
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- insuperable odds
- insuperable heroes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unconquerable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin insuperabilis.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: непреодолим (nepreodolim) — Translations
- Catalan: insuperable — Translations
- Chinese Mandarin: 無法克服的 /无法克服的 — Translations
- Dutch: onoverkomelijk — Translations
- Esperanto: nesuperebla — Translations
- French: insurmontable — Translations
- German: unüberwindbar — Translations
- German: unüberwindlich — Translations
- Greek: αξεπέραστος (axepérastos) — Translations
- Greek: ανυπέρβλητος (anypérvlitos) — Translations
- Irish: dosháraithe — Translations
- Italian: insuperabile — Translations
- Korean: 극복(克服)할 수 없는 (geukbokhal su eomneun) — Translations
- Portuguese: insuperável — Translations
- Russian: неодоли́мый (neodolímyj) — Translations
- Spanish: insuperable — Translations