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conceivable

  • /kənˈsiːvəbl̩/

Where it comes from

From Middle English conceyvable, equivalent to conceive + -able.

adjective

  1. not comparable Capable of being conceived or imagined. But asked by “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan whether parents can send their kids to summer camp without vaccines, Fauci said, “It is conceivable that that will be possible.”

    Similar: imaginable, possible, credible, thinkable · Opposite: inconceivable, unconceivable

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: thinkable, imaginable, possible, reasonable, understandable, potential, comprehensible, plausible, think, credible, stereotype, likely, probable, feasible, conceive, practicable

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adj capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable

Españolconcebible, pensable, imaginable
中文想得到的, 可想像的
Portuguêsimaginável, concebível
Françaispensable, imaginable, concevable
Deutschabsehbar, begreiflich, denkbar, erdenklich, vorstellbar
Italianoconcepibile, ideabile, immaginabile, pensabile
Русскиймы́слимый mýslimyj, постижи́мый postižímyj, вероя́тный verojátnyj, возмо́жный vozmóžnyj, потенциа́льный potɛnciálʹnyj

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@misc{conceivable_2026,
  title = {conceivable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/conceivable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}