incredible

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪŋˈkɹɛdəbəl/ UK /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #1534

Meanings

1

adj
Amazing, wonderful, or extremely good.

I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night.
2

adj
So surprising that it is hard to believe.

They drove at an incredible speed.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · amazing, wonderful, or... awesome unbelievable

2 adj · so surprising that it is... unbelievable noncredible

Word family

Forms incredibleness

Derived forms incredibilityincredibleness

Related forms credibility creed incredibility incredibly

Common collocations

incredible speed Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English incredible, from Latin incrēdibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”), equivalent to in- + credible.

*ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European incredible Middle English incrēdibilis Latin

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# incredible

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪŋˈkɹɛdəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl/
**Frequency rank:** 1534

## Meanings
1. Amazing, wonderful, or extremely good.
2. So surprising that it is hard to believe.

## Examples
- I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night.
- They drove at an incredible speed.

## Derived Forms
- incredibility
- incredibleness

## Related Forms
- credibility
- creed
- incredibility
- incredibly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ḱerd-
- Root: incredible
- Root: incrēdibilis

## Etymology
From Middle English incredible, from Latin incrēdibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”), equivalent to in- + credible.

## AI Etymology
Incredible comes from Middle English incredible, from Latin incrēdibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”), equivalent to in- + credible. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. The historical line also includes *ḱerd-.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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