insurmountable as an adjective: - 1
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insurmountable
adjective
1 insurmountable
Not capable of being surmounted or overcome:
— Insurmountable disadvantages.
synonym: unsurmountable.
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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2 insurmountable
Moby thesaurus: beyond one, impassable, impracticable, impractical, indomitable, inoperable, insuperable, invincible, too much for, unachievable, unattainable, uncompassable, unconquerable, undoable, uneffectible, unnegotiable, unperformable, unrealizable, unsurmountable, unworkable.
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