imaginable

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adjective

Able to be imagined; conceivable.

Similar
conceivablethinkable
Opposite
unimaginable
OriginMiddle English ymaginable ← Latin imāginābilis →
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Meanings

adjectiveimaginable (comparative more imaginable, superlative most imaginable)

comparative more imaginable · superlative most imaginable

  1. Able to be imagined; conceivable.

    While running, they were exposed to the most hideous bespawling imaginable.

    2002, Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea, Depraved and Insulting English
    1 more example

    By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters.

    2015, Ashok Som, Christian Blanckaert, The Road To Luxury
    1. Within the realm of consideration.

      Nevertheless, even if these forms do not directly go back to Lat. autumnus, influence of this word is imaginable.

      2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 171

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
unimaginable

adjectivecapable of being imagined

Similar
conceivablethinkable
Also see
conceivableenvisagablefanciablethinkable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinimāginābilis
  2. Middle Englishymaginable
  3. Englishimaginable

From Middle English ymaginable, from Latin imāginābilis; equivalent to imagine + -able.

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Translations

Catalan imaginable
  • imaginableable to be imagined; conceivable
Chinese Mandarin 可以想像的
  • 可以想像的 (kěyǐ xiǎngxiàng de)able to be imagined; conceivable
Czech představitelný
  • představitelnýable to be imagined; conceivable
Esperanto imagebla
  • imageblaable to be imagined; conceivable
Finnish kuviteltavissa oleva
  • kuviteltavissa olevaable to be imagined; conceivable
French imaginable
  • imaginableable to be imagined; conceivable
German vorstellbar
  • vorstellbarable to be imagined; conceivable
Hungarian képzelhető, elképzelhető
  • képzelhetőable to be imagined; conceivable
  • elképzelhetőable to be imagined; conceivable
Italian immaginabile
  • immaginabileable to be imagined; conceivable
Japanese 考えられる, 想像できる
  • 考えられる (kangaerareru)able to be imagined; conceivable
  • 想像できる (sōzō dekiru)able to be imagined; conceivable
Latin cōgitābilis
  • cōgitābilisable to be imagined; conceivable
Polish wyobrażalny
  • wyobrażalnyable to be imagined; conceivable
Portuguese imaginável, concebível
  • imaginávelable to be imagined; conceivable
  • concebívelable to be imagined; conceivable
Russian вообрази́мый
  • вообрази́мый (voobrazímyj)able to be imagined; conceivable
Spanish imaginable, concebible
  • imaginableable to be imagined; conceivable
  • concebibleable to be imagined; conceivable
Swedish tänkbar
  • tänkbarable to be imagined; conceivable
Turkish düşünülebilir
  • düşünülebilirable to be imagined; conceivable
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“imaginable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imaginable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “imaginable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/imaginable.

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