invulnerable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈvʌlnərəbəl/ UK /ɪnˈvʌlnərəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
incapable of being wounded, harmed, or overcome

Clad in enchanted armor, the hero believed himself invulnerable to any blade.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · incapable of being wounded,... impervious unassailable impregnable invincibleuntouchablesecure

Opposites

vulnerable exposed defenseless

Word family

Derived forms invulnerablyinvulnerability

Related forms vulnerable

Simplified etymology

Invulnerable entered English in the late 16th century from the Latin family of vulnus, “wound.” It appeared in English before vulnerable, its opposite.

Etymology

From Latin invulnerabilis, from in- 'not' plus vulnerabilis 'wounding, that may be wounded', from vulnerare 'to wound', from vulnus 'wound'.

invulnerabilis Latin vulnus Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# invulnerable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈvʌlnərəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈvʌlnərəbəl/

## Meanings
1. incapable of being wounded, harmed, or overcome

## Examples
- Clad in enchanted armor, the hero believed himself invulnerable to any blade.

## Synonyms
- impervious
- unassailable
- impregnable
- invincible
- untouchable
- secure

## Antonyms
- vulnerable
- exposed
- defenseless

## Derived Forms
- invulnerably
- invulnerability

## Related Forms
- vulnerable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: invulnerabilis
- Root: vulnus

## Etymology
From Latin invulnerabilis, from in- 'not' plus vulnerabilis 'wounding, that may be wounded', from vulnerare 'to wound', from vulnus 'wound'.

## AI Etymology
invulnerable comes from Latin invulnerabilis, from in- 'not' plus vulnerabilis 'wounding, that may be wounded', from vulnerare 'to wound', from vulnus 'wound'. Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the adjective sense is "incapable of being wounded, harmed, or overcome", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as vulnerable, and in derivatives such as invulnerably and invulnerability. Its semantic neighborhood includes impervious, unassailable, impregnable, and invincible, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin invulnerabilis and Latin vulnus.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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