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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How to use improbable in a sentence?

1. Leon Cizelj:

   Random shelling can not really destroy this, it would be really improbable.

2. 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.

3. Conan Doyle:

   When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

4. Frederick Douglas:

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

5. Joe Trippi:

   However improbable it is that Trump emerges as the nominee, I would not bet against him, he can win states with 25 percent or 30 percent of the vote.