US /ɪmˈpɑ.sə.bəl/ UK /ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəl/
adj noun Freq #996

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Not able to be done or to happen.

    It is impossible to be in two places at once.

  2. 2
    adj

    Extremely difficult to deal with or to please.

    You never listen to anyone — you're impossible!

  3. 3
    noun

    Something that cannot be done.

    They were asking for the impossible.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not able to be done or to... inconceivableunimaginable
More nonpossibleunfeasibleunhappenableunpossible
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms impossibilityimpossiblenessimpossiblyunimpossible

Etymology

From Middle English impossible, equivalent to im- + possible.

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