impossible
Beyond all possibility
Impossible describes what cannot happen or exist.
An impossible task defies completion; an impossible situation has no solution.
The word often carries hyperbole: You're impossible! means someone is exasperating, not literally beyond existence.
The impossible refers to things thought unachievable: She accomplished the impossible.
Impossible can also mean extremely difficult: an impossible deadline.
Impossible to overcome
- unattainableImpossible to acquire
- unreachableCannot be accessed
- out of reachBeyond one's grasp
- beyond reachUnable to obtain
unobtainable · unfeasible · impracticable · undoable · unworkable · unsolvable · impenetrable · insoluble
Too terrible to contemplate
- unimaginableBeyond mental conception
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- mind-bogglingOverwhelmingly difficult to grasp
- absurdWildly illogical
preposterous · fantastical · far-fetched · implausible · incredible · unbelievable · beyond belief · incomprehensible
Lack of purpose
- despairTotal absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- defeatismAcceptance of inevitable failure
helplessness · surrender · despondency · bleakness · lost cause · dead end · fool's errand · pointlessness
Discouraging through difficulty
- challengingHard to accomplish
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- HerculeanRequiring superhuman strength
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
demanding · strenuous · taxing · rigorous · tough · punishing · exhausting · backbreaking
insurmountable
Impossible to overcome
- unattainableImpossible to acquire
- unreachableCannot be accessed
- out of reachBeyond one's grasp
beyond reach · unobtainable · unfeasible · impracticable · undoable · unworkable · unsolvable · impenetrable · insoluble · pipe dream
unthinkable
Too terrible to contemplate
- unimaginableBeyond mental conception
- unfathomableBeyond comprehension or measurement
- mind-bogglingOverwhelmingly difficult to grasp
absurd · preposterous · fantastical · far-fetched · implausible · incredible · unbelievable · beyond belief · incomprehensible · outlandish
futility
Lack of purpose
- despairTotal absence of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
defeatism · helplessness · surrender · despondency · bleakness · lost cause · dead end · fool's errand · pointlessness · giving up
daunting
Discouraging through difficulty
- challengingHard to accomplish
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- HerculeanRequiring superhuman strength
grueling · demanding · strenuous · taxing · rigorous · tough · punishing · exhausting · backbreaking · laborious
- probabilityprobability, chance, random, randomness, odds
- certaintycertain, sure, uncertain, unsure, definite
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- beyond reachunattainable, unreachable, inaccessible, out of bounds, elusive
- disbeliefdisbelief, no way, incredulity, unbelievable, yeah right
- IM- wordsimmature, immobile, immune, immerse, immoral
impossiblepossible
Able to occur
achievable · attainable · doable · feasible · accomplishable
impossiblepossible
Able to occur
conceivable · believable · credible · plausible · imaginable
impossiblebearable
Able to be endured
tolerable · well-behaved · endurable · manageable · governable
- impossible dreamAspiration that cannot succeed
- doing the impossibleAchieving what cannot happen
- do the impossibleAccomplish what's deemed unfeasible
- impossible taskUndertaking that cannot succeed
- did the impossibleAchieved what couldn't happen
- impossible oddsExtremely unlikely probability