Meaning of INCREDIBLE
Pronunciation: | | in'kredubul
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [adj] beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible" |
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| Synonyms: | | astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding, fabulous, improbable, marvellous, marvelous, tall(a), unbelievable, undreamed, undreamed of, undreamt, undreamt of, unimagined |
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| Antonyms: | | believable, credible | |
| See Also: | | implausible, incredulous, unconvincing, unthinkable | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \In*cred"i*ble\, a. [L. incredibilis: cf. OF.
incredible. See {In-} not, and {Credible}.]
Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and
improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous.
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you,
that God should raise the dead? --Acts xxvi.
8.
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Thesaurus Terms |
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| Related Terms: | | a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, amazing, antic, appalling, astonishing, astounding, awe-inspiring, awesome, beguiling, bewildering, beyond belief, bizarre, cockamamie, conspicuous, crazy, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, egregious, enigmatic, exceptional, extraordinary, extravagant, fabulous, fanciful, fantastic, fascinating, fictitious, flimsy, foolish, formidable, grotesque, hard of belief, hard to believe, hardly possible, high-flown, humongous, implausible, impossible, improbable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, laughable, ludicrous, marked, marvelous, miraculous, monstrous, more than doubtful, mythical, nonsensical, not deserving belief, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, of mark, open to doubt, open to suspicion, outlandish, outrageous, outre, outstanding, passing belief, passing strange, phenomenal, poppycockish, preposterous, problematic, prodigious, puzzling, questionable, rare, remarkable, ridiculous, sensational, signal, staggering belief, strange, striking, stupendous, superior, suspect, suspicious, tall, thick, thin, tremendous, unaccountable, unbelievable, uncommon, unconvincing, unearthly, unexpected, ungodly, unheard-of, unimaginable, unique, unlikely, unprecedented, unpromising, unreal, unrealistic, unsubstantial, untenable, unthinkable, unworthy of belief, weak, weird, wild, wonderful, wondrous |
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