improbable
improbable is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event. He . . . sent to Elutherius, then bishop of Rome, an improbable letter, as some of the contents discover. Milton. -- Im*prob"a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*prob"a*bly, adv.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessible
- achievable
- admit
- against
- agreement
- all
- and
- any
- anything
- aquila
- are
- attainable
- bad
- bare
- barely
- bear
- bizarre
- but
- chance
- compatibility
- compatible
- conceivable
- contingency
- contingent
- contrary
- credible
- dice
- distance
- doubtful
- effect
- expectation
- far
- feasibility
- feasible
- ghost
- haply
- have
- heavy
- improbability
- inconceivable
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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