insurmountable

Examples

• All

• It looks as though you are all alone facing something insurmountable.

  Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023)

• My blindness is just a fact of life, not an insurmountable obstacle blocking my path.

  Fiction book (1998)

• However, none of them look insurmountable with effort.

• I see an insurmountable problem.

  Midnight in Paris (2011)

• Yet the problems are not as insurmountable as is often assumed.

  Academic text (2017)

• There are stories of love inspiring success over the most insurmountable of odds.

  Swimming with Sharks (1994)

• A two-point advantage is considered practically insurmountable.

  Pawn Sacrifice (2015)

• As a practical matter, Strickland poses a nearly insurmountable obstacle that few defendants can clear.

  Academic text (2001)

• The team faced an insurmountable challenge when their funding was cut.

• Many believe that climate change presents insurmountable hurdles for future generations.

Synonyms

U

unbeatable

vsinsurmountable

30 3.4

Very hard to beat in a contest, like a team or player

emphasizes being too difficult to get past rather than merely hard to defeat

I

intractable

vsinsurmountable

22 8.7

Hard to manage, change, or control

applies specially to obstacles that cannot be dealt with or passed

U

unattainable

vsinsurmountable

18 6.3

Not possible to get or reach

focuses on being too difficult to get past rather than only unreachable

U

unfeasible

vsinsurmountable

4 6.8

Not possible to do or make work

concerns being impossible to deal with or pass rather than just impractical

U

unconquerable

vsinsurmountable

4 7.3

Too strong for anyone to defeat

refers more to being too hard to manage or get past

I

insoluble

vsinsurmountable

3 7.5

Too difficult to solve or deal with, like a problem

covers being too hard to get past beyond just finding a solution

I

insuperable

vsinsurmountable

• Formal

2 9.1

So hard that no one can get past it

focuses on being too hard to get past rather than formal defeat

U

undefeatable

vsinsurmountable

2 4.9

Too strong for anyone to beat

is about being impossible to deal with or get past

U

unbridgeable

vsinsurmountable

1 8.0

A gap too large to be closed or fixed

is about being impossible to get past, not only connection issues

U

unclimbable

vsinsurmountable

1 4.7

Not possible to go up because it is too steep or dangerous

is more general, applying to all kinds of impossible obstacles

U

unsurmountable

vsinsurmountable

1 8.1

Impossible to overcome or get past, like a problem you cannot solve

emphasizes extreme difficulty dealing with or passing the obstacle

I

insolvable

vsinsurmountable

1 8.1

No one can find an answer to it

is broader, focusing on inability to get past rather than only solve

U

unvanquishable

vsinsurmountable

9.9

Cannot be defeated

applies more generally to difficulties that cannot be dealt with

U

unsubduable

vsinsurmountable

9.9

Not able to be defeated or controlled

covers being too hard to overcome or handle broadly

I

inexpugnable

vsinsurmountable

9.9

No one can beat or prove it wrong

focuses on practical inability to get past a difficulty

U

unsoluble

vsinsurmountable

9.4

Not able to be fixed or changed

emphasizes practical impossibility to get past rather than only solve

U

un-get-at-able

vsinsurmountable

• Informal

9.9

Hard to reach or achieve

is about being too hard to overcome or deal with, not just reachability

I

ineliminable

vsinsurmountable

9.9

Not possible to remove or avoid completely

focuses on inability to get past obstacles rather than removal alone

Antonyms

E

easy

∞ 1.0

Not hard to do, understand, or achieve

M

manageable

57 3.2

Easy to deal with

S

surmountable

2 4.8

Possible to get past or deal with

How Difficult

insurmountable

33 8.5

difficult

∞ 1.6

challenging

183 4.4

manageable

57 3.2

easy

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology