impossible as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
- 2
- 3
impossible
noun
1 impossible
Something that cannot be done.
adjective
1 impossible
Not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with.
Roget 84:
numeral,
complementary,
divisible,
aliquot,
reciprocal,
prime,
relatively prime,
fractional,
decimal,
figurate†,
incommensurable.
proportional,
exponential,
logarithmic,
logometric†,
differential,
fluxional†,
integral,
totitive†.
positive,
negative;
rational,
irrational;
surd,
radical,
real;
complex,
imaginary;
finite;
infinite;
impossible.
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Polish: niemożliwy
2 impossible
Totally unlikely.
synonyms: inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable.
Roget 471:
impossible;
not possible
etc.
470;
absurd,
contrary to reason;
unlikely;
unreasonable
etc.
477;
incredible
etc.
485;
beyond the bounds of reason,
beyond the bounds of possibility,
beyond the realm of possibility;
from which reason recoils;
visionary;
inconceivable
etc.
(improbable)
473;
prodigious
etc.
(wonderful)
870;
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
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
incompatible
etc.
24;
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 [Lat.].
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Roget 485:
unbelieving;
skeptical,
sceptical.
incredulous as to,
skeptical as to;
distrustful as to,
shy as to,
suspicious of;
doubting
etc.
v..
doubtful
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
disputable;
unworthy of,
undeserving of belief
etc.
484;
questionable;
suspect,
suspicious;
open to suspicion,
open to doubt;
staggering,
hard to believe,
incredible,
unbelievable,
not to be believed,
inconceivable;
impossible
etc.
471.
fallible
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
undemonstrable;
controvertible
etc.
(untrue)
495.
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Roget 764:
refusing
etc.
v.;
restive,
restiff†;
recusant;
uncomplying,
unconsenting;
not willing to hear of,
deaf to.
refused
etc.
v.;
ungranted,
out of the question,
not to be thought of,
impossible.
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Polish: niewyobrażalny
3 impossible
used of persons or their behavior Not acceptable or reasonable:
— Impossible behavior.
synonym: unacceptable.
Moby thesaurus: I refuse, I will not, absurd, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, antic, barred, by no means, cardinal, closed-out, contrary to reason, count me out, crazy, cureless, decimal, differential, digital, even, exceptionable, excluded, exponential, fanciful, fantastic, farcical, figural, figurate, figurative, finite, fractional, hopeless, illogical, imaginary, immedicable, impair, impracticable, impractical, inadmissible, include me out, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, incurable, indefensible, infeasible, infinite, integral, intolerable, irrational, irremediable, irreparable, logarithmic, logically impossible, logometric, ludicrous, negative, no, no go, not likely, not possible, nothing doing, numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, objectionable, odd, ordinal, outlandish, outrageous, oxymoronic, pair, paradoxical, positive, possible, preposterous, prime, prohibited, radical, rational, real, reciprocal, ridiculous, ruled-out, self-contradictory, submultiple, surd, transcendental, unacceptable, unaccountable, unachievable, unattainable, unbelievable, uncorrectable, undesirable, unexpected, unfeasible, unimaginable, unobtainable, unrealizable, unreasonable, unsolvable, unsuitable, untenable, unthinkable, unworkable, weird ... show more.
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