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Fearless vs Indomitable - What's the difference?

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Fearless is a related term of indomitable.


As adjectives the difference between fearless and indomitable

is that fearless is free from fear while indomitable is incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.

fearless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Free from fear.
  • Derived terms

    * fearlessness * fearlessly

    See also

    * unafraid * intrepid * courageous

    indomitable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.
  • * 1902 , , The Four Feathers , ch. 1:
  • Personal courage and an indomitable self-confidence were the chief, indeed the only, qualities which sprang to light in General Feversham.
  • * 1910 , , A Shepherd's Life , ch. 7:
  • But he was a youth of indomitable spirit, strong and agile as a wild cat.
  • * 2007 , , " When Betty Got Frank," Time , 31 March:
  • Nobody came on to the movie camera—wrapped it in a bear hug and wrestled it to submission—like Betty Hutton. They called this 40s singer-actress "the Blitzkrieg blond" . . . . [S]he was indomitable , unstoppable.

    Synonyms

    * impregnable, inexpugnable, insuperable, insurmountable, invincible, never-say-die, unbeatable, unconquerable, unsubduable, unsurmountable, unvanquishable