Antonyms for impossible


Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-pos-uh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpɒs ə bəl


Definition of impossible

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French impossible, from Latin impossibilis "not possible," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + possibilis (see possible). Related: Impossibly.
  • adj beyond the bounds of possibility
  • adj intolerable, ungovernable
Example sentences :
  • The laws of the country made it impossible to accompany her beloved husband.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Tilly was to have gone also at that time, but had found it impossible to get away.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • Not that in his presence she became vain or petty or jealous; that would have been impossible.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Many others are so defaced that it is impossible to decipher them.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • If I had seen it in the pattern I should have said it was impossible for your colouring.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • It is impossible to doubt that this passion is fatal to more than the purse.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • To be so particular as you require in subjects of conversation, it is impossible to be short.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • It is impossible not to be fond of our mother now; for she is so fond of us!
  • Extract from : « The Old Manse (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • But there is one difficulty which it is impossible to remove.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • But it is impossible, say some, that he should make a tender or kind husband.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Synonyms for impossible

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