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| Main Entry: | insurmountable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impossible |
| Synonyms: | hopeless, impassable, impregnable, inaccessible, indomitable, ineluctable, insuperable, invincible, overwhelming, unbeatable, unconquerable, forget it, no way, no-win, not a prayer, unmasterable |
| Antonyms: | attainable, possible, surmountable, beatable, defeatable |
| Main Entry: | inaccessible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of reach |
| Synonyms: | aloof, away, beyond, distant, elusive, far, faraway, impassable, impervious, impracticable, insurmountable, out-of-the-way*, remote, unapproachable, unavailable, unfeasible, far-off, not at hand, unachievable, unattainable, ungettable, unobtainable, unreachable, unrealizable, unworkable |
| Antonyms: | accessible, approachable, reachable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indomitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | steadfast, unyielding |
| Synonyms: | dogged, impassable, impregnable, insuperable, insurmountable, invincible, invulnerable, obstinate, pertinacious, resolute, ruthless, staunch, stubborn, unbeatable, unconquerable, unflinching, willful, unassailable, undefeatable |
| Antonyms: | unstable, weak, yielding, beatable, conquerable |
| Main Entry: | impassable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | closed |
| Synonyms: | forbidden, impenetrable, insurmountable, blockaded, obstructed, pathless, trackless, untrodden |
| Notes: | impassible is incapable of feeling or suffering; impassable is not capable of being passed |
| Antonyms: | open, passable, traveled |
| Main Entry: | insuperable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impassable |
| Synonyms: | impossible, insuperable, insurmountable, overwhelming |
| 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 |
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