impossibles
Things beyond reach
Things that cannot exist, happen, or be achieved.
The word usually appears with a preceding determiner: She specialized in doing the impossible, He asked for the impossible.
As a plural, impossibles often carries a note of defiance or ambition—tasks or goals that defy conventional limits: We deal in impossibles here.
The noun emerged from the adjective, turning a quality into a category.
Puzzles requiring clever thought
- unsolvablesIssues beyond resolution
- paradoxesSeemingly self-refuting statements
- conundrumsPerplexing difficult problems
- riddlesPuzzling questions or teasers
optical illusions · logic puzzles · trick questions · Mobius strip · infinite loops · head-scratchers
Supernatural extraordinary events
- wondersCauses of awe
- supernatural featsActions transcending natural limits
- divine actsSupernatural deeds from deity
- phenomenaObservable facts or events
prodigies · marvels · signs · mysteries · transcendence · otherworldly · beyond belief
Unnatural twisting or bending
- death-defyingRisking life boldly
- stuntsDangerous performed feats
- featsNotable acts of skill
- circus actsTrained entertainment under canvas
triple somersault · human knot · flexibility · daredevil · gymnastics · splits · backbends · balancing acts
Goals beyond possibility
- pipe dreamsFanciful, unattainable notions
- lost causesEndeavors beyond saving
- wild goose chasesHopeless, pointless pursuits
- moonshotsAudaciously ambitious endeavors
long shots · non-starters · dead ends · brick walls · futility · impracticalities · unreachables · no-win situations
Transparent or semitransparent cloth
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- straplessLacking shoulder bands
- backlessLacking rear coverage
- plunging necklineGarment front dropping sharply
brain teasers
Puzzles requiring clever thought
- unsolvablesIssues beyond resolution
- paradoxesSeemingly self-refuting statements
- conundrumsPerplexing difficult problems
riddles · optical illusions · logic puzzles · trick questions · Mobius strip · infinite loops · head-scratchers
miracles
Supernatural extraordinary events
- wondersCauses of awe
- supernatural featsActions transcending natural limits
- divine actsSupernatural deeds from deity
phenomena · prodigies · marvels · signs · mysteries · transcendence · otherworldly · beyond belief
contortion
Unnatural twisting or bending
- death-defyingRisking life boldly
- stuntsDangerous performed feats
- featsNotable acts of skill
circus acts · triple somersault · human knot · flexibility · daredevil · gymnastics · splits · backbends · balancing acts
unattainables
Goals beyond possibility
- pipe dreamsFanciful, unattainable notions
- lost causesEndeavors beyond saving
- wild goose chasesHopeless, pointless pursuits
moonshots · long shots · non-starters · dead ends · brick walls · futility · impracticalities · unreachables · no-win situations · tilting at windmills
sheer fabric
Transparent or semitransparent cloth
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- straplessLacking shoulder bands
- backlessLacking rear coverage
plunging neckline · second-skin · bodycon · seamless · architectural designs
impossiblespossibles
Things not ruled out
attainables · doables · sure things · certainties · givens
impossiblespossibles
Things not ruled out
actualities · realities · facts · certainties · truths
- 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