Standard Lemma guide

undefeated

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Never defeated; always victorious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: unvanquished, unbeaten, unconquered
  • He was the undefeated tiddlywinks champion of the school.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unvanquished, unbeaten, unconquered

Antonyms: winless

2

adjective

Meaning 2

victorious

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • undefeated in battle
  • an undefeated team

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: defeated

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English defeat English -ed English defeated English undefeated From un- + defeated.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: yenilməz — not defeated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 從不敗北 /从不败北 (cóngbù bàiběi) — not defeated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰無不勝 /战无不胜 (zhànwúbùshèng) — not defeated
  • Danish: ubesejret — not defeated
  • Esperanto: nevenkita — not defeated
  • Finnish: voittamaton — not defeated
  • Finnish: päihittämätön — not defeated
  • French: invaincu — not defeated
  • French: invaincue — not defeated
  • German: unbesiegt — not defeated
  • Greek: αήττητος (aḯttitos) — not defeated
  • Greek: ανίκητος (aníkitos) — not defeated
  • Irish: neamhbhuailte — not defeated
  • Irish: neamhchloíte — not defeated
  • Irish: gan chloí — not defeated
  • Italian: invitto — not defeated
  • Latin: invictus — not defeated
  • Manx: neuchastit — not defeated
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubeseiret — not defeated
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ubeseira — not defeated
  • Polish: niepokonany — not defeated
  • Russian: непобеждённый (nepobeždjónnyj) — not defeated
  • Spanish: invicto — not defeated
  • Telugu: అజేయమైన (ajēyamaina) — not defeated
  • Turkish: namağlup — not defeated
  • Turkish: yenilgisiz — not defeated
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