Synonyms for impossible
ɪmˈpɒs ə bəlim·pos·si·ble

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1. impossiblenoun

   Antonyms:
   possible

2. impossiblenoun

   not possible, not able to be done.

   Antonyms:
   possible

3. impossibleadjective

   of a person, very difficult to deal with.

   You never listen to a word I say - you're impossible!

   Antonyms:
   possible

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1. impossibleadjective

   something that cannot be done

   "his assignment verged on the impossible"

   Antonyms:
   viable, manageable, attainable, doable, affirmable, tolerable, feasible, accomplishable, executable, thinkable, achievable, workable, mathematical, realizable, possible, contingent, assertable, practicable, come-at-able

2. impossibleadjective

   not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with

   "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"

   Synonyms:
   unimaginable, insufferable, inconceivable, unacceptable, out of the question, unsufferable

   Antonyms:
   achievable, workable, viable, attainable, executable, manageable, contingent, feasible, thinkable, accomplishable, realizable, practicable, possible, assertable, doable, affirmable, come-at-able, tolerable, mathematical

3. impossible, inconceivable, out of the question, unimaginableadjective

   totally unlikely

   Synonyms:
   unimaginable, insufferable, inconceivable, unacceptable, out of the question, unsufferable

   Antonyms:
   achievable, come-at-able, possible, workable, manageable, feasible, affirmable, thinkable, accomplishable, tolerable, mathematical, practicable, assertable, realizable, attainable, executable, contingent, viable, doable

4. impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferableadjective

   used of persons or their behavior

   "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence"

   Synonyms:
   unaccepted, insufferable, out of the question, unsufferable, unacceptable, unimaginable, inconceivable

   Antonyms:
   attainable, practicable, contingent, realizable, workable, accomplishable, executable, affirmable, possible, achievable, assertable, doable, viable, come-at-able, tolerable, manageable, mathematical, feasible, thinkable

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1. can't do

   not able to do

   the boy can't do the assighnment because it was impossible.

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

2. hard to achieve

   Submitted by anonymous on May 19, 2021  

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1. impossibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   impracticable, unfeasible, unattainable, unachievable, not feasible, not possible, out of the question

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1. impossibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   impracticable, unfeasible, unattainable

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1. List of paraphrases for "impossible":

   unable, lmpossible, possible, impractical, impracticable, unattainable, unfeasible, unworkable, unthinkable

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1. Mitch Abrams:

   Alcohol doesn't make you an idiot. Alcohol makes it impossible to hide the fact that you're an idiot.

2. Amber Heard:

   The vast majority of this trial was played out on social media, i think that this trial is an example of that gone haywire, that gone amok, and the jury is not immune to that…I think even for the most well-intentioned juror, it would have been impossible to avoid this.

3. Ayush Bhandari:

   You physically can not make a camera that picks out multiple reflections, that would mean that you take time slices so fast that [ the camera ] actually starts to operate at the speed of light, which is technically impossible. So what’s the trick ? We use the Fourier transform.

4. Lawrence Lessig:

   We have to put this issue on the table because the politicians won't talk about it otherwise, what has happened is that this concentration of influence has made it impossible for the government to actually function for either issues on the right or on the left. It is corruption, because the framers intended for our government, as Madison put it, to be dependent on the people alone. We have a system where these members of Congress spend 30-70% of their time raising money from the tiniest fraction of the 1 percent.

5. Horace Greeley:

   It is impossible to mentally or socially enslave a Bible reading People.