Meanings
comparative more inconceivable · superlative most inconceivable
- Unable to be conceived or imagined; unbelievable.
1 more example
While the world altered dramatically during the course of her reign, the monarchy did too, though rather more imperceptibly: the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.
2022 September 8, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The GuardianSynonyms: unconceivable, unthinkable · Antonyms: conceivable
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUnable to be conceived or imagined; unbelievable.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivetotally unlikely
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian неми́слим, невъобрази́м
- неми́слим (nemíslim)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
- невъобрази́м (nevăobrazím)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
Catalan inconcebible
- inconcebibleunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Chinese Mandarin 不可思議 /不可思议, 難以置信 /难以置信
- 不可思議 /不可思议 (bùkěsīyì)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
- 難以置信 /难以置信 (nányǐzhìxìn)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
Czech nepředstavitelný
- nepředstavitelnýunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Dutch onvoorstelbaar, ongelofelijk
- onvoorstelbaarunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- ongelofelijkunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Esperanto neimagebla
- neimageblaunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Finnish käsittämätön, uskomaton
- käsittämätönunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- uskomatonunable to be conceived, unbelievable
French inconcevable
- inconcevableunable to be conceived, unbelievable
German unfassbar, unfasslich
- unfassbarunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- unfasslichunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- unbegreiflichunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- unglaublichunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- nicht wahrnehmbarunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Greek ακατανόητος
- ακατανόητος (akatanóitos)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
Hindi अकल्पनीय, कल्पनातीत
- अकल्पनीय (akalpanīya)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
- कल्पनातीत (kalpanātīt)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
Hungarian elképzelhetetlen, felfoghatatlan
- elképzelhetetlenunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- felfoghatatlanunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- elgondolhatatlanunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- hihetetlenunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Italian inconcepibile
- inconcepibileunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Latin incōgitābilis
- incōgitābilisunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Norwegian Bokmål utenkelig
- utenkeligunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Polish niepojęty, niewyobrażalny
- niepojętyunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- niewyobrażalnyunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Portuguese inconcebível
- inconcebívelunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Romanian neconceptibil, neverosimil
- neconceptibilunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- neverosimilunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- de neconceputunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- de neînțelesunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- de nepriceputunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Russian непостижи́мый, немы́слимый
- непостижи́мый (nepostižímyj)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
- немы́слимый (nemýslimyj)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
- невообрази́мый (nevoobrazímyj)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
Spanish inconcebible
- inconcebibleunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Swedish ofattbar, obegriplig
- ofattbarunable to be conceived, unbelievable
- obegripligunable to be conceived, unbelievable
Ukrainian незбагне́нний, неми́слимий
- незбагне́нний (nezbahnénnyj)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
- неми́слимий (nemýslymyj)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
- неуявле́нний (neujavlénnyj)unable to be conceived, unbelievable
Cite this entry
inconceivable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconceivable
“inconceivable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconceivable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inconceivable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconceivable.
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