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

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1. improbable

   Synonyms:
   doubtful, dubious, unimaginable, unlikely

   Antonyms:
   apparent, likely, presumable, probable, seeming

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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

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1. improbableadjective

   Synonyms:
   unlikely, not probable

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1. List of paraphrases for "improbable":

   unlikely, implausible

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1. Cory Remsburg:

   Taking on a challenge that probably was viewed by some as improbable, this was going to be both physically hard, and would make me 'e tougher mentally as well, sharing that with other veterans was very rewarding. We were all there with stories to talk about.

2. Tim Dreiling:

   If the Friday numbers come in weak, it certainly makes more improbable that we'll have a June lift-off, and then maybe calls into question what happens in September.

3. Gary Holder-Winfield:

   I reject your impossible. Most of what others tell me is impossible I know to be improbable. If it is impossible you have nothing more to do but if it is improbable…you can choose to ask the unasked question or walk the unwalked step. For me that has made all the difference.

4. Frederick Douglas:

   When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

5. Phil Lounibos:

   What Oxitec is trying to spin is that it's highly improbable that there will be negative consequences of this foreign DNA entering someone that's bitten by an Oxitec mosquito, i'm on their side, in that consequences are highly unlikely. But to say that there's no genetically modified DNA that might get into a human, that's kind of a gray matter.