INCREDIBLE Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

incredible

adjective

(ˌ)in-ˈkre-də-bəl

Definition of incredible

as in incredulous

too extraordinary or improbable to believe tried to explain her weeklong disappearance with an incredible tale of abduction by a total stranger

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Recent Examples of incredible These random interactions created music that rippled through the Armory and its incredible acoustics. — Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 28 Aug. 2026 The second is to speed up development and production of new systems on a scale that would have seemed incredible even 10 years ago. — David Szondy august 27, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026 Monwana, in the Greater Kruger, has six incredible suites and a stunning private villa, across 34,500 acres of unfenced wilderness. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The biggest of these bonuses is for 200,000 miles, which is an incredible deal for a co-branded airline card. — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for incredible

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Besides, there are tree branches to bundle, coupons to clip, guacamole to toss out, incredulous news reports to run through Snopes and at least 20 spam texts to block.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
His incredulous response opens the door to a fight that escalates quickly.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of incredulous

Adjective

Elwood told his boss – Peter Brown, a former member of the Beatles’ inner circle and the founder of Brown Lloyd James – that the assignment was impossible.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Such components can benefit from additive manufacturing because the technology lets engineers create geometries that would be difficult or impossible to produce with traditional manufacturing methods.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of impossible

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Better yet, a falling price implies a rising price elsewhere or the introduction to the market of even more expensive goods formerly unknown, unimaginable, or both.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Such a breakthrough was unimaginable 25 years ago because the methodology did not exist.

— Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of unimaginable

Adjective

But Israel’s current political climate makes such a proposal almost inconceivable in the short term.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
There are plenty of inconceivable exploits in the final season of Outer Banks, in ranging degrees of ridiculousness.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

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