IMPOSSIBLE Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

impossible

adjective

(ˌ)im-ˈpä-sə-bəl

as in unlikely

incapable of being solved or accomplished the seemingly impossible problem of world hunger fitting everything in my backpack seemed an impossible task

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Recent Examples of impossible After the fire, when President Emmanuel Macron vowed that the renovation would take only five years, many thought that timeline impossible. —

Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 9 Dec. 2024 Eliminating birthright citizenship through a constitutional amendment would be nearly impossible as well, because of the widespread approval needed not only from Congress but also from the states. —

Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024 Before An Event Measuring prediction accuracy before an event occurs is fundamentally impossible. —

Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 Put simply, when the defendant uses other inmate’s accounts, his communications are very difficult—if not impossible—for BOP and the Government to track and monitor. —

Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for impossible

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By way of Mike Curb, Motown also became the unlikely home of Pat Boone, the unabashedly wholesome (and religious) crooner and actor who’d become one of rock’s earliest stars thanks to his covers of songs by Little Richard and Fats Domino.

David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
In the late eighteenth century, an unlikely inmate was sent by Dutch colonial authorities to the infamous Robben Island, where freedom fighters including Nelson Mandela would later be imprisoned.

H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Dec. 2024