Synonyms for improbable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : im-prob-uh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɒb ə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for improbable Other synonyms for the word improbable
Définition of improbable
Origin :- 1590s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + probable, or else from Latin improbabilis. Related: Improbably.
- adj not likely
- 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
Antonyms for improbable
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