Antonyms for improbable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : im-prob-uh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɒb ə bəl

Definition of improbable

Origin : 1590s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + probable, or else from Latin improbabilis. Related: Improbably.

adj not likely

Example sentences :

A thousand schemes were afloat in his mind about the future, of the most improbable kind.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

But cold reason said that escape was improbable enough for me alone.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

It is not improbable that a competitive examination, at this day, might have excluded him from the army.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

This hypothesis was so improbable that Darwin himself was forced to recognize it.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

That nude woman in the very midst of Paris—it's improbable.'
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

It was insane, improbable, impossible; and yet was it true or was it false?
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

That the first speech was really written by Lysias is improbable.
Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

The whole thing seems too improbable to be true, yet true it was.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

It is important to know who precisely it is to whom the fact appears to be improbable.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois

It is most improbable; I am certain the doctors would not consent to it.
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for improbable

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