US /ɪŋˈkɹɛdəbəl/ UK /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl/
adj Freq #1534

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Amazing, wonderful, or extremely good.

    I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night.

  2. 2
    adj

    So surprising that it is hard to believe.

    They drove at an incredible speed.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · amazing, wonderful, or... awesomeunbelievable
2 adj · so surprising that it is... unbelievablenoncredible
Word family
Forms incredibleness
Derived forms incredibilityincredibleness

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.

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