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Impossible
noun
/ɪmˈpɒs.ə.bəl/
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Word Frequency:
51.7
Definitions
1.
noun
An impossibility
"Late 14th century: “Madame,” quod he, “this were an impossible!” — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales"
2.
adjective
Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
"It is difficult, if not impossible, to memorize 20,000 consecutive numbers."
3.
adjective
(of a person) Very difficult to deal with.
"You never listen to a word I say – you're impossible!"
4.
adjective
Imaginary
"impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers"
Synonyms
unpossible
unachievable
unattainable
unrealizable
impracticable
unimaginable
inconceivable
out of the question
unthinkable
unfeasible
undoable
infeasible
Antonyms
inevitable
possible
Rhymes With
possible
as much as possible
make possible
as far as possible
docible
rosabelle
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