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improbable
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective improbable has 3 senses
- improbable(a = adj.all) unlikely - not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event" Derived forms noun improbability1, noun improbableness1
- improbable(s = adj.all) unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely - having a probability too low to inspire belief; Array Derived form noun improbableness1
- improbable(s = adj.all) marvellous, marvelous, tall - too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story" Derived form noun improbableness1
Antonym: probable
CIDE DICTIONARY
improbable, a. [L. improbabilis; pref. im- not + probabilis probable: cf. F. improbable. See Probable.].
Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event. [1913 Webster]
"He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbable letter, as some of the contents discover."
OXFORD DICTIONARY
improbable, adj.
1 not likely to be true or to happen.
2 difficult to believe.
1 not likely to be true or to happen.
2 difficult to believe.
Derivative
improbability n. improbably adv.
Etymology
F improbable or L improbabilis (as IN-(1), PROBABLE)
THESAURUS
improbable
absurd, crazy, distant, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, extraordinary, fanciful, farfetched, fishy, flimsy, forced, hard to believe, hardly possible, implausible, impossible, inconceivable, incredible, insane, ludicrous, mad, more than doubtful, more than expected, out-of-the-way, past expectation, peculiar, questionable, quite another thing, remote, ridiculous, something else again, strained, strange, sudden, thin, unannounced, unanticipated, unbelievable, unconvincing, undivined, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unguessed, unheralded, unhoped for, unlikely, unpredictable, unpredicted, unprepared for, unpromising, unrealistic, unsubstantial, unthinkable, weak, weird, wild, without warningROGET THESAURUS
improbable
Improbability
N improbability, unlikelihood, unfavorable chance, bad chance, ghost of a chance, little chance, small chance, poor chance, scarcely any chance, no chance, bare possibility, long odds, incredibility, improbable, unlikely, contrary to all reasonable expectation, wild, far out, out of sight, outtasight, heavy, rare, unheard of, inconceivable, unimaginable, inimaginable, incredible, more than doubtful, strange, bizarre (uncomformable), the chances are against, aquila non capit muscas, pedir peras pal olmo.
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