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Synonyms for improbable
ɪmˈprɒb ə bəlim·prob·a·ble

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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. improbable

    Synonyms:
    doubtful, dubious, unimaginable, unlikely

    Antonyms:
    apparent, likely, presumable, probable, seeming

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. improbable, unlikelyadjective

    not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred

    "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"

    Synonyms:
    marvelous, tall(a), unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely, marvellous

    Antonyms:
    likely, verisimilar, presumptive, believable, credible, probable, plausible, equiprobable

  2. improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikelyadjective

    having a probability too low to inspire belief

    Synonyms:
    unbelievable, marvellous, tall(a), incredible, flimsy, unlikely, marvelous, unconvincing

    Antonyms:
    equiprobable, plausible, probable, presumptive, believable, credible, verisimilar, likely

  3. improbable, marvelous, marvellous, tall(a)adjective

    too improbable to admit of belief

    "a tall story"

    Antonyms:
    likely, believable, verisimilar, plausible, probable, credible, equiprobable, presumptive

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. improbableadjective

    Synonyms:
    unlikely, not probable

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "improbable":

    unlikely, implausible

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#5642incredible
#7056unlikely
#15392unbelievable
#19151marvelous
#20066doubtful
#23071dubious
#27240improbable
#29587marvellous
#44059flimsy
#46658unimaginable
#56915implausible
#74245unconvincing

How to use improbable in a sentence?

  1. George Ade:

    Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

  2. Sabrina Romanoff:

    While goals are motivating to some, they also may paralyze others who feel overwhelmed by the resolution, instead of motivating the person to achieve the goal, it may cause them to feel stuck in achieving them if too improbable.

  3. H.L. Mencken:

    Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

  4. John Travolta:

    With no explanation for what theMooses condition is and boy, is whatTravoltadoing a choice Durstand his main star have, rather than giving us a character, merely offered up a hapless, carnival figure of laughable madness, alternately impossible and improbable.

  5. Meghan Markle:

    Grant Harrold insisted. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry pose for photos and show off Meghan Markle engagement ring. ( AP) Sally Bedell Smith, author of Prince Charles : The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, although Meghan has had a successful career in acting, I believe she will quit the profession.


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