impossible
Plural: impossibles
Noun
- something that cannot be done
- "his assignment verged on the impossible"
- An impossibility.
- A skateboard trick consisting of a backflip performed in midair.
Adjective
- not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
- "an impossible dream"
- "an impossible situation"
Adjective Satellite
- totally unlikely
- used of persons or their behavior
- "impossible behavior"
Adj
- Not possible; not able to be done or happen.
- Very difficult to deal with.
- imaginary
Examples
- impossible quantities, or imaginary numbers
- It is difficult, if not impossible, to memorize 20,000 consecutive numbers.
- Sarah thinks that nothing is impossible because things can always somehow happen.
- This humidity is impossible.
- You never listen to a word I say – you're impossible!
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English impossible, equivalent to im- + possible.
Synonyms
inconceivable, insufferable, out of the question, unacceptable, unimaginable, unsufferable, nonpossible, unfeasible, unhappenable, unpossible
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
impossible: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordimpossible: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
impossible: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary