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| Main Entry: | impossible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond the bounds of possibility |
| Synonyms: | absurd, beyond, futile, hopeless, impassable, impervious, impracticable, impractical, inaccessible, inconceivable, insurmountable, irreparable, out of the question, preposterous, too much, unfeasible, unimaginable, unreasonable, unthinkable, useless, visionary, way out, contrary to reason, cureless, hardly possible, hundred-to-one, inexecutable, infeasible, irrealizable, no-go, no-way, no-win, not a prayer, unachievable, unattainable, uncorrectable, unobtainable, unrecoverable, unworkable |
| Antonyms: | achievable, believable, obtainable, possible, reasonable, tenable |
| Main Entry: | impossible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intolerable, ungovernable |
| Synonyms: | absurd, egregious, hopeless, improper, incongruous, ludicrous, objectionable, offensive, outrageous, preposterous, unacceptable, undesirable, unreasonable, unsuitable, unanswerable |
| Antonyms: | good, governable, manageable, tolerable, behaving |
| Main Entry: | embarrassing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | humiliating, shaming |
| Synonyms: | awkward, confusing, delicate, difficult, disagreeable, distressing, disturbing, equivocal, impossible, inconvenient, inopportune, perplexing, puzzling, sensitive, shameful, sticky, ticklish, touchy, tricky, troublesome, uncomfortable, uneasy, unpropitious, unseemly, worrisome, bewildering, compromising, discomfiting, discommoding, discommodious, disconcerting, distracting, exasperating, incommodious, mortifying, rattling, troubling, upsetting |
| Antonyms: | comfortable, unshameful |
| Main Entry: | exaggerated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overstated, embellished |
| Synonyms: | abstract, artificial, distorted, exalted, excessive, extravagant, fabulous, false, fantastic, farfetched, histrionic, impossible, inflated, melodramatic, overblown, overdone, overwrought, preposterous, pretentious, sensational, spectacular, steep, strained, tall, too much*, unrealistic, a bit thick, amplified, bouncing, caricatural, embroidered, fabricated, hammy, highly colored, hyperbolic, magnified, out of proportion, overestimated, overkill, schmaltzy, stylized, too-too |
| Antonyms: | reduced, unembellished, depreciated, minimized, played down, understated, unexaggerated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fat chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | no chance |
| Synonyms: | chance in a million, ghost of a chance, impossible, no chance, no way, not a prayer, poor outlook, poor possibility, poor prospect, slim chance, small chance, snowball's chance in hell, unthinkable, very little chance, when hell freezes over |
| Main Entry: | hopeless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | futile, pessimistic |
| Synonyms: | bad, cynical, dejected, demoralized, despairing, desperate, despondent, disconsolate, discouraging, downhearted, fatal, forlorn, gone*, helpless, ill-fated, impossible, impracticable, incurable, irreparable, irrevocable, lost, menacing, pointless, sad, sinister, threatening, tragic, unavailing, unfortunate, useless, vain, woebegone, beyond recall, goner, in despair, irredeemable, irreversible, no-win, past hope, shot down, sunk, unachievable, unmitigable, up the creek, worsening |
| Antonyms: | auspicious, bright, encouraging, expectant, hopeful, optimistic, promising, propitious, rosy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | implausible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not likely |
| Synonyms: | doubtful, dubious, far out, farfetched, fishy*, flimsy, for the birds, full of holes, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, obscure, problematic, puzzling, reachy, suspect, thin*, too much*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unreasonable, unsubstantial, weak, won't hold water, won't wash |
| Antonyms: | believable, likely, plausible, possibly, probably, reasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impractical/impracticable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrealistic |
| Synonyms: | abstract, absurd, chimerical, idealistic, illogical, impossible, impracticable, improbable, inapplicable, inefficacious, infeasible, inoperable, irrealizable, ivory-tower, no-go, nonfunctional, nonviable, not a prayer, otherworldly, out of the question, quixotic, romantic, speculative, starry-eyed*, theoretical, unattainable, unbusinesslike, unfeasible, unreal, unserviceable, unusable, unwise, unworkable, useless, visionary, wild, won't fly |
| Antonyms: | practicable, practical, probable, realistic, reasonable, tenable, viable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inconceivable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond reason, belief |
| Synonyms: | extraordinary, fantastic, imcomprehensible, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, incredible, insupposable, mind-boggling*, phony, rare, reachy, staggering, strange, thin*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unheard-of, unimaginable, unknowable, unlikely, unsubstantial, unthinkable, weak*, won't fly, won't wash |
| Antonyms: | believable, conceivable, fathomable, imaginable, reasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incurable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfixable, unchangeable |
| Synonyms: | deadly, fatal, hopeless, impossible, irreparable, serious, terminal, cureless, immedicable, inoperable, irrecoverable, irremediable, nowhere to go, out of time, remediless, uncorrectable, unrecoverable |
| Antonyms: | curable, operable, healable, medicable |
| Main Entry: | indescribable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond words |
| Synonyms: | impossible, ineffable, nondescript, sublime, subtle, unspeakable, incommunicable, indefinable, inexpressible, untellable, unutterable |
| Antonyms: | definable, explainable, describable |
| Main Entry: | ineffable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | too great for words |
| Synonyms: | celestial, divine, empyrean, ethereal, heavenly, holy, ideal, impossible, incredible, indescribable, nameless, sacred, spiritual, transcendent, transcendental, unspeakable, beyond words, empyreal, incommunicable, indefinable, inexpressible, too sacred for words, untellable, unutterable |
| Antonyms: | definable, describable, utterable |
| Main Entry: | insufferable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, intolerable |
| Synonyms: | detestable, distressing, dreadful, impossible, outrageous, painful, unacceptable, unbearable, unspeakable, insupportable, unendurable |
| Antonyms: | delightful, endurable, happy, pleasant, tolerable, sufferable |
| Main Entry: | intolerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unacceptable; beyond bearing |
| Synonyms: | excruciating, extreme, impossible, insufferable, last straw*, offensive, painful, unbearable, undesirable, a bit much, enough already, insupportable, unendurable |
| Antonyms: | acceptable, bearable, tolerable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irreparable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to be fixed |
| Synonyms: | broken, destroyed, hopeless, impossible, incorrigible, incurable, ruined, beyond repair, cureless, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irremediable, irremedial, irreplaceable, irretrievable, irreversible, uncorrectable, unrecoverable |
| Antonyms: | reparable, fixable, mendable, repairable |
| Main Entry: | out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not possible; gone |
| Synonyms: | absent, antiquated, away, behind the times*, cold, dated, dead, ended, exhausted, finished, impossible, old-fashioned, outmoded, outside, passé, unacceptable, unfashionable, at an end, demode, doused, expired, extinguished, not allowed, not on, old-hat, ruled out, used up |
| Antonyms: | here, possible, in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | preposterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ridiculous, bizarre |
| Synonyms: | absurd, asinine, crazy, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fantastic, far-out*, foolish, harebrained*, impossible, incredible, insane, irrational, laughable, ludicrous, monstrous, nonsensical, out of the question, outrageous, senseless, shocking, silly, stupid, thick*, too much*, unbelievable, unreasonable, unthinkable, unusual, wacky*, wild, taking the cake |
| Antonyms: | reasonable, sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ridiculous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stupid, funny |
| Synonyms: | absurd, antic, bizarre, comic, comical, contemptible, daffy*, droll, fantastic, farcical, foolish, goofy*, grotesque, harebrained*, hilarious, impossible, incredible, jerky*, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty*, outrageous, preposterous, risible, sappy*, silly, slaphappy*, unbelievable, wacky*, derisory, foolheaded, gelastic |
| Antonyms: | believable, reasonable, sensible, serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | starry-eyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrealistic |
| Synonyms: | dreaming, half-baked*, hoping, impossible, improbable, on cloud nine*, optimistic, romantic, silly, ivory-tower, nonrealistic, not sensible |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unbelievable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond the imagination |
| Synonyms: | astonishing, beyond belief, cockamamie, cockeyed*, doubtful, dubious, far-fetched, fishy*, flaky*, flimsy*, for the birds, full of holes, harebrained*, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, inconceivable, incredible, kooky, lamebrained, open to doubt, outlandish, past belief, phony, preposterous, questionable, reaching, scatterbrained*, screwy*, staggering, suspect, thick*, thin*, too much*, unconvincing, unimaginable, unsubstantial, unthinkable, weak, won't hold water, won't wash |
| Antonyms: | believable, credible, plausible, real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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