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English adjective: impossible | |||
| 1. | impossible not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with | ||
| Samples | An impossible dream. An impossible situation. | ||
| Similar | hopeless, impracticable, infeasible, out, unachievable, unattainable, undoable, unfeasible, unrealizable, unworkable | ||
| See also | hopeless, impractical, insurmountable, unrealistic, unsurmountable, unthinkable | ||
| Attribute | possibility, possibleness | ||
| Antonyms | possible | ||
| 2. | impossible totally unlikely | ||
| Synonyms | inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginable | ||
| Similar | unthinkable | ||
| Antonyms | thinkable | ||
| 3. | impossible used of persons or their behavior | ||
| Samples | Impossible behavior. Insufferable insolence. | ||
| Synonyms | insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable | ||
| Similar | intolerable, unbearable, unendurable | ||
| Antonyms | tolerable | ||
English noun: impossible | |||
| 1. | impossible (cognition) something that cannot be done | ||
| Samples | His assignment verged on the impossible. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | impossibility, impossible action | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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