'Impossible' definitions:
Definition of 'impossible'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation" [ant: possible]
adjective
adjective
Used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence" [syn: impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable]
noun
Something that cannot be done; "his assignment verged on the impossible"
Definition of 'Impossible'
From: GCIDE
- Impossible \Im*pos"si*ble\, n. An impossibility; as, he tried to do the impossible. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- "Madam," quoth he, "this were an impossible!" --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Impossible'
From: GCIDE
- Impossible \Im*pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. impossibilis; pref. im- not + possibilis possible. See Possible.] Not possible; incapable of being done, of existing, etc.; unattainable in the nature of things, or by means at command; insuperably difficult under the circumstances; absurd or impracticable; not feasible. [1913 Webster]
- With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. --Matt. xix. 26. [1913 Webster]
- Without faith it is impossible to please him. --Heb. xi. 6. [1913 Webster]
- Impossible quantity (Math.), an imaginary quantity. See Imaginary.
- Syn: See Impracticable. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impossible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurd,
- algorismic,
- algorithmic,
- aliquot,
- antic,
- barred,
- by no means,
- cardinal,
- closed-out,
- contrary to reason,
- count me out,
- crazy,
- cureless,
- decimal,
- differential,
- digital,
- even,
- exceptionable,
- excluded,
- exponential,
- fanciful,
- fantastic,
- farcical,
- figural,
- figurate,
- figurative,
- finite,
- fractional,
- hopeless,
- I refuse,
- I will not,
- illogical,
- imaginary,
- immedicable,
- impair,
- impracticable,
- impractical,
- inadmissible,
- include me out,
- incomprehensible,
- inconceivable,
- incredible,
- incurable,
- indefensible,
- infeasible,
- infinite,
- integral,
- intolerable,
- irrational,
- irremediable,
- irreparable,
- logarithmic,
- logically impossible,
- logometric,
- ludicrous,
- negative,
- no,
- no go,
- not likely,
- not possible,
- nothing doing,
- numeral,
- numerary,
- numerative,
- numeric,
- objectionable,
- odd,
- ordinal,
- outlandish,
- outrageous,
- oxymoronic,
- pair,
- paradoxical,
- positive,
- possible,
- preposterous,
- prime,
- prohibited,
- radical,
- rational,
- real,
- reciprocal,
- ridiculous,
- ruled-out,
- self-contradictory,
- submultiple,
- surd,
- transcendental,
- unacceptable,
- unaccountable,
- unachievable,
- unattainable,
- unbelievable,
- uncorrectable,
- undesirable,
- unexpected,
- unfeasible,
- unimaginable,
- unobtainable,
- unrealizable,
- unreasonable,
- unsolvable,
- unsuitable,
- untenable,
- unthinkable,
- unworkable,
- weird