| Main Entry: | impossibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hopelessness |
Synonyms: |
contrariety, difficulty, failure, futility, impracticability, impracticality, unattainability, unfeasibility, unlikelihood, unreasonableness, unworkability |
Antonyms: |
feasibility, possibility, practicality, probability |
| Main Entry: | impossibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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absurd, beyond control, beyond one's depth, beyond one's grasp, beyond one's power, beyond one's reach, beyond the bounds of possibility, beyond the bounds of reason, contrary to reason, desperate, from which reason recoils, hygogical, impassible, impervious, impossible, impracticable, inaccessible, incompatible, inconceivable, incredible, inextricable, infeasible, inimaginable, innavigable, insuperable, insurmountable, not possible, not to be had, not to be thought of, out of one's depth, out of one's grasp, out of one's power, out of reach, out of the question, prodigious, too much for, unachievable, unattainable, uncomeatable, unfeasible, unimaginable, unobtainable, unreasonable, unsurmountable, visionary
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| Concept: | Impossibility. |
| Category: | Degrees of Evidence |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
impossibility; what cannot, what can never be; sour grapes; hopelessness.
-verbs
be impossible; have no chance whatever., attempt impossibilities; square the circle, get blood from a stone, get blood from a turnip; look for a needle in a haystack; skin a flint; make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, make bricks without straw; have nothing to go upon; weave a rope of sand, build castles in the air, prendre la lune avec les dents, extract sunbeams from cucumbers, set the Thames on fire, fetch water in a sieve, milk a he-goat into a sieve, catch a weasel asleep, rompre l'anguille au genou, be in two places at once.
-adjectives
impossible; not possible; absurd, contrary to reason; unlikely; unreasonable; incredible; beyond the bounds of reason, beyond the bounds of possibility, beyond the realm of possibility; from which reason recoils; visionary; inconceivable (improbable); prodigious (wonderful); unimaginable, inimaginable; unthinkable., impracticable, unachievable; unfeasible, infeasible; insuperable; unsurmountable, insurmountable; unattainable, unobtainable; out of reach, out of the question; not to be had, not to be thought of; beyond control; desperate (hopeless); incompatible; inaccessible, uncomeatable, impassable, impervious, innavigable, inextricable; self- contradictory., out of one's power, beyond one's power, beyond one's depth, beyond one's reach, beyond one's grasp; too much for; ultra crepidam.
-phrases
the grapes are sour; non possumus; non nostrum tantas componere lites [Vergil]; look for a needle in a haystack, chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin [Fr.]; il a le mer à
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Antonyms: |
possibility |
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| Main Entry: | impracticality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inefficiency |
Synonyms: |
impossibility, inapplicability, unworkability, uselessness, worthlessness |
| Main Entry: | improbability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unlikelihood |
Synonyms: |
doubtfulness, implausibility, impossibility, rarity, uncertainty |
| Concept: | Improbability. |
| Category: | Degrees of Evidence |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
improbability, unlikelihood; unfavorable chance, bad chance, ghost of a chance, little chance, small chance, poor chance, scarcely any chance, no chance; bare possibility; long odds; incredibility.
-verbs
be improbable; have a small chance
-adjectives
improbable, unlikely, contrary to all reasonable expectation., rare (infrequent); unheard of, inconceivable; unimaginable, inimaginable; incredible; more than doubtful.
-phrases
the chances are against; aquila non capit muscas; pedir peras pal olmo.
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Antonyms: |
probability |
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