impossible

Examples

• All

• You have to allow for the impossible to be possible.

• But I actually know what that impossible goal is for me.

• And I gave the studio a kind of an impossible task.

• First, however, I tell a story of an impossible educational triumph.

• But you've put Barry in this impossible situation.

• In many ways, it is a battle for an impossible, unchanging innocence.

• Completing the project on time felt like an impossible task due to the tight deadline.

• Winning the championship seemed like an impossible dream for the underdog team.

• Finding a solution to the complex problem was considered an impossible challenge by the experts.

Synonyms

I

impossibility

vsimpossible

37 5.3

A situation in which something cannot happen

refers to a specific task or situation that cannot be done

I

infeasibility

vsimpossible

1 8.5

A situation where something cannot be done or is not practical

expresses firm inability to be done rather than being merely impractical

U

unfeasibility

vsimpossible

9.3

The fact that something cannot be done

refers to a specific task or situation that cannot be achieved or reached

U

unattainability

vsimpossible

9.0

A state of not being able to reach or get something

applies to tasks or situations that cannot be done rather than only not reachable

U

unattainableness

vsimpossible

9.2

The state of being impossible to reach or get

refers to tasks or situations that cannot be done rather than only unreachable

I

inviability

vsimpossible

8.5

A situation that is impossible or too difficult to make work

labels clear inability to be done rather than stressing likely failure or impracticality

I

impossibleness

vsimpossible

9.1

A state when something cannot happen or be done

applies to tasks or situations that cannot be done or achieved rather than not existing

Antonyms

A

achievable

33 3.2

Can be done successfully

Compounds

I

impossible dream

4 6.8

A hope for something you cannot achieve

M

mission impossible

• Informal

3 7.2

A task that is so difficult people think it cannot be done

How Achievable

long shot

• Informal

58 4.6

impossible

1 4.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology