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incredibleness

incredibleness

1 7.8
A quality that makes something seem very surprising or hard to believe
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈkrɛdəblnəs/
translation icon : incredibilidad
  • People often marvel at the incredibleness of nature's creations.

Examples

  • So October was the month that I discovered the incredibleness of boy boxes.

  • And just so that people understand the, the incredibleness of your record, you hold the record for holding your breath, right?

  • The incredibleness of her achievements left everyone speechless.

  • His story was filled with such incredibleness that it felt like a work of fiction.

Synonyms

magnificence
vsincredibleness
  • Formal
13 5.0

Great beauty that makes people feel impressed and full of wonder

is about being hard to believe rather than focusing on beauty
amazingness
vsincredibleness
2 3.0

Being very surprising and impressive

emphasizes being difficult to accept as true rather than just surprising
incredibility
vsincredibleness
1 8.8

A feeling of not believing something because it seems unlikely

is the same state but named using another word form
extraordinariness
vsincredibleness
1 7.7

The quality of being very unusual and making someone or something stand out

specifically stresses being hard to believe, not just being unusual
unrealness
vsincredibleness
  • Informal
7.7

A feeling that something is very impressive or hard to believe

is the neutral general term rather than an informal expression
miraculousness
vsincredibleness
7.7

A quality of being very surprising and seeming impossible

is about being hard to believe without implying supernatural cause
fabulousness
vsincredibleness
  • Literature
7.1

A quality of being magical and like an old legend

is about being hard to believe rather than being rooted in myth
prodigiousness
vsincredibleness
7.9

A state of being very large or amazing that makes people feel wonder

focuses on being hard to believe rather than on mere large size
marvelousness
vsincredibleness
  • US
4.5

A quality that makes something seem very good and impressive

focuses on being hard to believe rather than praising goodness
phenomenality
vsincredibleness
9.9

Being very impressive and noticed by many people

highlights being hard to believe rather than merely being notable
spectacularity
vsincredibleness
7.2

A quality that makes something look very impressive and dramatic

describes being hard to believe rather than only looking dramatic
tremendousness
vsincredibleness
6.9

Being extremely large, powerful, or important and making people feel amazed

means being hard to accept as true rather than stressing size or power
exceptionality
vsincredibleness
7.7

A quality of being very different or much better than normal

focuses on being hard to believe rather than merely being different

Antonyms

3 4.1

A state of being usual and not special

How Extraordinary

incredibleness
1 7.8
unusualness
1 6.9
normality
13 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

incredibleness = incredible (semi-transparent) = in + cred + ible + ness

This is a regular noun formation meaning the state or quality of being incredible.

Etymology

Incredibleness starts with in- 'not' and the part cred which means 'to believe', as in credible and credit. So it means the state of being 'not believable', which is why we use it for something very surprising or hard to believe.