'Inconceivable' definitions:
Definition of 'inconceivable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Definition of 'Inconceivable'
From: GCIDE
- Inconceivable \In`con*ceiv"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + conceivable: cf. F. inconcevable.] Not conceivable; incapable of being conceived by the mind; not explicable by the human intellect, or by any known principles or agencies; incomprehensible; as, it is inconceivable to us how the will acts in producing muscular motion. [1913 Webster]
- It is inconceivable to me that a spiritual substance should represent an extended figure. --Locke. -- {In`con*ceiv"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*ceiv"a*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- The inconceivableness of a quality existing without any subject to possess it. --A. Tucker. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inconceivable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit thick,
- a bit thin,
- absurd,
- antic,
- barred,
- beguiling,
- bewildering,
- beyond belief,
- closed-out,
- contrary to reason,
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- enigmatic,
- exceptional,
- excluded,
- extraordinary,
- fabulous,
- fanciful,
- fantastic,
- fascinating,
- hard of belief,
- hard to believe,
- hopeless,
- implausible,
- impossible,
- incomprehensible,
- incredible,
- logically impossible,
- marvelous,
- mind-boggling,
- miraculous,
- not deserving belief,
- not possible,
- open to doubt,
- open to suspicion,
- outlandish,
- overwhelming,
- oxymoronic,
- paradoxical,
- passing belief,
- passing strange,
- phenomenal,
- preposterous,
- problematic,
- prodigious,
- prohibited,
- puzzling,
- questionable,
- rare,
- remarkable,
- ridiculous,
- ruled-out,
- self-contradictory,
- sensational,
- staggering,
- staggering belief,
- strange,
- striking,
- stupendous,
- suspect,
- suspicious,
- tall,
- thick,
- thin,
- unaccountable,
- unbelievable,
- unconvincing,
- unearthly,
- unexpected,
- ungodly,
- unheard-of,
- unimaginable,
- unique,
- unknowable,
- unprecedented,
- unthinkable,
- unworthy of belief,
- weak,
- wonderful,
- wondrous