incredible

Examples

• All

• Second, because I would have thought the same thing before I started to work for this incredible organization.

  Academic text (2015)

• What an incredible human being.

  Diana: Life in Fashion (2022)

• This is going to be an incredible spring tour.

• So you are all incredible women of power.

• That would be the most incredible room to be in.

  Dr. Becky

• I mean, you, you have this incredible career track record.

• So it was an incredible thing to be able to say.

• But he, he was an incredible example to me.

• And we are facing incredible dangers right now.

• The setting sun casts an incredible glow over the city and the coast.

  Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

A

amazing

vsincredible

∞ 1.0

Causing great surprise and admiration

adds that the event is so unusual it may be impossible to accept

A

awesome

vsincredible

∞ 2.1

Very impressive and causing a strong feeling of wonder

means something may be so odd or surprising it is hard to believe

E

extraordinary

vsincredible

• Formal

746 3.8

Very unusual or much greater than usual

emphasizes impossibility or extreme incredulity rather than just being unusual

T

tremendous

vsincredible

671 3.0

Very large or impressive

focuses on being hard to believe rather than primarily about size or amount

R

remarkable

vsincredible

591 2.8

Unusual and easy to notice because it is different or surprising

tends to stress extreme difficulty in believing rather than mere notability

U

unbelievable

vsincredible

492 4.9

Very surprising and almost impossible to accept as true

is about things that may feel impossible rather than simply surprising

E

exceptional

vsincredible

159 4.1

Being much better than normal or usual

leans more toward being unbelievable or astonishing than simply excellent

P

phenomenal

vsincredible

136 5.4

Very impressive and much better than normal

is closer to outright impossibility or disbelief rather than only excellence

A

astonishing

vsincredible

135 3.4

Very surprising and making you feel great wonder

points to being difficult or impossible to believe rather than mere surprise

S

staggering

vsincredible

97 5.3

Very large and surprising in a way that shocks you

leans toward impossibility or disbelief rather than only causing shock

M

miraculous

vsincredible

94 4.3

Very surprising and lucky in a way people cannot explain

focuses more on disbelief and astonishment than on supernatural cause

A

astounding

vsincredible

92 4.1

So surprising and impressive that you feel amazed

is used when something is hard to believe rather than only surprising

U

unimaginable

vsincredible

66 5.4

So strange or large that people cannot believe it

is focused on being hard to believe rather than only hard to imagine

F

fantastic

vsincredible

62 2.7

Very strange and like a dream or story, not real

stresses impossible belief or astonishment rather than fanciful creativity

U

unreal

vsincredible

• Informal

43 5.1

Very impressive and hard to believe

is the neutral adjective that expresses impossibility or strong astonishment

I

inconceivable

vsincredible

40 7.4

Impossible to imagine or believe

is used for things very hard to believe rather than strictly impossible

O

out of this world

vsincredible

• Informal

27 4.1

Very good and impressive

tends to signal real impossibility or strong difficulty in believing reality

S

stupendous

vsincredible

20 6.7

Very large or impressive in a way that amazes people

focuses more on being unbelievable or astonishing than on mere size

I

indescribable

vsincredible

19 5.4

So wonderful or strange that words cannot show it

focuses on being hard to accept or believe rather than only hard to describe

A

absolutely awesome

vsincredible

• Informal

3 2.8

Very impressive and exciting

is the more neutral label that often implies genuine impossibility or disbelief

F

fabulous

vsincredible

3 4.2

So surprising that it seems hard to believe

is used for things that can be truly unbelievable or very hard to accept

S

simply phenomenal

vsincredible

1 5.5

Very impressive and much better than you expect

emphasizes being hard to believe rather than only exceeding expectations

M

motherfreaking amazing

vsincredible

• NSFW

9.9

Very impressive and surprising in a strong informal way

is more neutral and less slangy while meaning strong astonishment or disbelief

Antonyms

C

credible

269 4.2

Something that seems true and that people can trust

Compounds

I

incredible save

1 3.4

A very impressive move that stops a ball or shot from going into the goal

I

incredible grit

1 4.4

A very strong will to keep trying when things are hard

How Astonishing

mind-blowing

• Informal

39 5.1

incredible

∞ 3.5

astonishing

135 3.4

remarkable

591 2.8

notable

114 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology