'Insurmountable' definitions:
Definition of 'insurmountable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not capable of being surmounted or overcome; "insurmountable disadvantages" [syn: insurmountable, unsurmountable] [ant: surmountable]
adjective
Impossible to surmount [syn: insuperable, insurmountable]
Definition of 'Insurmountable'
From: GCIDE
- Insurmountable \In`sur*mount"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + surmountable: cf. F. insurmountable.] Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty is insurmountable. --I. Watts.
- Syn: Insuperable; impassable; invincible. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'insurmountable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beyond one,
- impassable,
- impracticable,
- impractical,
- indomitable,
- inoperable,
- insuperable,
- invincible,
- too much for,
- unachievable,
- unattainable,
- uncompassable,
- unconquerable,
- undoable,
- uneffectible,
- unnegotiable,
- unperformable,
- unrealizable,
- unsurmountable,
- unworkable