improbable B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɪmˈpɹɑbəbl̩/ UK /ɪmˈpɹɒbəbl̩/ See IPA manual Freq #21768 Meanings 1 adj Not likely to happen or to be true. It is improbable that we will finish on time without more help. 2 adj So strange or unlikely that it is hard to believe. The film tells the improbable story of a cat that saves a town. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not likely to happen or to... unlikely 2 adj · so strange or unlikely that... unconvincing ↔ Opposites probable Word family Derived forms improbabilityimprobablenessimprobablysuperimprobable Related forms impossibleprobabilityprobably Common collocations improbable event Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin improbābilis. By surface analysis, im- + probable. improbābilis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # improbable **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɪmˈpɹɑbəbl̩/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈpɹɒbəbl̩/ **Frequency rank:** 21768 ## Meanings 1. Not likely to happen or to be true. 2. So strange or unlikely that it is hard to believe. ## Examples - It is improbable that we will finish on time without more help. - The film tells the improbable story of a cat that saves a town. ## Antonyms - probable ## Derived Forms - improbability - improbableness - improbably - superimprobable ## Related Forms - impossible - probability - probably ## Roots and Affixes - Root: improbābilis ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin improbābilis. By surface analysis, im- + probable. ## AI Etymology Improbable is borrowed from Latin improbābilis. By surface analysis, im- + probable. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named elements. In current use, the main senses are “Not likely to happen or to be true” and “So strange or unlikely that it is hard to believe”. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown