imaginable

/i'mædʤinəbl/

Thân thiện

The most imaginable solution is a simple bridge across the stream.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Capable of being conceived or pictured in the mind; possible to imagine. This describes something that, while it may not be real or present, can be thought of or visualized without logical contradiction. 2. Possible; conceivable. This describes something that is within the realm of possibility or can be considered as an option.

Examples of Usage

• (Every color that one could possibly think of was used.)
• (We have thought of every possible situation.)
• (It is very difficult to conceive of him refusing.)

Advanced Usage

• "every imaginable": This common collocation is used for emphasis to mean "all possible types of."
  • The store sells every imaginable type of kitchen gadget.
• "the worst/best imaginable": Used to describe the extreme limit of what can be conceived.
  • The storm caused the worst damage imaginable.

Variants and Related Words

• Imagine (verb): To form a mental image or concept of something.
  • Can you imagine a world without the internet?
• Imagination (noun): The faculty or action of forming new ideas, images, or concepts.
  • Children have such vivid imaginations.
• Unimaginable (adjective): Incapable of being imagined or conceived; too extraordinary or extreme to believe.
  • The scale of the disaster was unimaginable.

Synonyms

• Conceivable
• Thinkable
• Possible
• Supposable

Antonyms

• Unimaginable
• Inconceivable
• Unthinkable

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Within the bounds of the imaginable: Something that is possible to conceive.
  • The proposed solution, while complex, is still within the bounds of the imaginable.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being imagined
   • that is one possible answer

Từ đồng nghĩa

• conceivable