out of the question as an adjective: - 1
out of the question
adjective
1 out of the question
Totally unlikely.
synonyms: impossible, inconceivable, unimaginable.
Roget 925:
undue;
unlawful
etc.
(illegal)
964;
unconstitutional;
illicit;
unauthorized,
unwarranted,
disallowed,
unallowed†,
unsanctioned,
unjustified;
unentitled†,
disentitled,
unqualified,
disqualified;
unprivileged,
unchartered.
illegitimate,
bastard,
spurious,
supposititious,
false;
usurped.
tortious [Law].
undeserved,
unmerited,
unearned;
unfulfilled.
forfeited,
disfranchised.
improper;
unmeet,
unfit,
unbefitting,
unseemly;
unbecoming,
misbecoming†;
seemless†;
contra bonos mores [Lat.];
not the thing,
out of the question,
not to be thought of;
preposterous,
pretentious,
would-be.
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Roget 859:
hopeless,
desperate,
despairing,
gone,
in despair,
au desespoir [Fr.],
forlorn,
desolate;
inconsolable
etc.
(dejected)
837;
broken hearted.
unpromising,
unpropitious;
inauspicious,
ill-omened,
threatening,
clouded over.
out of the question,
not to be thought of;
impracticable
etc.
471;
past hope,
past cure,
past mending,
past recall;
at one's last gasp
etc.
(death)
360;
given up,
given over.
incurable,
cureless,
immedicable,
remediless,
beyond remedy;
incorrigible;
irreparable,
irremediable,
irrecoverable,
irreversible,
irretrievable,
irreclaimable,
irredeemable,
irrevocable;
ruined,
undone;
immitigable.
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Roget 489:
dissenting
etc.
v.;
negative
etc.
536;
dissident,
dissentient;
unconsenting
etc.
(refusing)
764;
non-content,
nonjuring†;
protestant,
recusant;
unconvinced,
unconverted.
unavowed,
unacknowledged;
out of the question.
discontented
etc.
832;
unwilling
etc.
603;
extorted.
sectarian,
denominational,
schismatic;
heterodox;
intolerant.
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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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Roget 610:
rejected
etc.
v.;
reject,
rejectaneous†,
rejectious†;
not chosen
etc.
609,
to be thought of,
out of the question
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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Polish: niewyobrażalny
Moby thesaurus: God forbid, I refuse, I will not, absurd, au contraire, barred, by no means, closed-out, contemned, contrary to reason, count me out, declined, declined with thanks, denied, despised, disapproved, discarded, discounted, disdained, dismissed, disowned, excepted, excluded, far from it, forsworn, hopeless, ignored, impossible, in no case, in no respect, in no wise, include me out, inconceivable, logically impossible, never, no, no go, no matter what, nohow, not at all, not considered, not likely, not possible, nothing doing, noway, noways, on no account, on no condition, oxymoronic, paradoxical, preposterous, prohibited, quite the contrary, rebuffed, refused, rejected, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, ridiculous, ruled-out, scouted, self-contradictory, spurned, to the contrary, under no circumstances, unimaginable, unthinkable ... show more.
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