unrealizable

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adjective

Not realizable; unable to be achieved or realized.

“Near-synonyms: unfulfillable, impractical, unrealistic”

Similar
unfulfillableimpracticalunrealisticunachievableunattainableundoableimpossible
Opposite
realizable
OriginEnglish realizable ← Middle English real ← Old French ree →
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Meanings

adjectiveunrealizable (not comparable)

alternative unrealisable

  1. not comparableNot realizable; unable to be achieved or realized.

    Near-synonyms: unfulfillable, impractical, unrealistic

    1 more example

    The quest for Saxonisms is an unrealizable nationalistic dream.

    1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 111

    Synonyms: unfulfillable, impractical, unrealistic · Antonyms: realizable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot realizable; unable to be achieved or realized.

Similar
unfulfillableimpracticalunrealistic
Opposite
realizable

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveimpossible to achieve

Similar
unachievableunattainableundoableimpossible
Also see
irrealizableunachievableunattainableundoableunfulfillable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  10. Proto-Italic*reis
  11. Classical Latinrēs
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Late Latinreālis
  15. Old Frenchree
  16. Middle Englishreal
  17. Englishreal
  18. Englishrealize
  19. Englishrealizable
  20. Englishunrealizable

From un- + realizable.

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Translations

Bulgarian неосъществим
  • неосъществим (neosăštestvim)not realizable
Catalan irrealitzable
  • irrealitzablenot realizable
Czech neuskutečnitelný
  • neuskutečnitelnýnot realizable
Dutch onrealiseerbaar, onuitvoerbaar
  • onrealiseerbaarnot realizable
  • onuitvoerbaarnot realizable
Esperanto nerealigebla
  • nerealigeblanot realizable
Finnish ei toteutettavissa
  • ei toteutettavissanot realizable
French irréalisable
  • irréalisablenot realizable
Greek ανέφικτος
  • ανέφικτος (anéfiktos)not realizable
Italian irrealizzabile
  • irrealizzabilenot realizable
Polish niewykonalny, nierealny
  • niewykonalnynot realizable
  • nierealnynot realizable
  • nieziszczalnynot realizable
Portuguese irrealizável
  • irrealizávelnot realizable
Russian неосуществи́мый
  • неосуществи́мый (neosuščestvímyj)not realizable
Spanish irrealizable
  • irrealizablenot realizable
Cite this entry
APA

unrealizable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrealizable

MLA

“unrealizable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrealizable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unrealizable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrealizable.

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