imaginable

American  

[ih-maj-uh-nuh-buhl] / ɪˈmædʒ ə nə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being imagined or conceived.

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Other Word Forms

• imaginableness noun
• imaginably adverb
• unimaginable adjective
• unimaginableness noun
• unimaginably adverb

Etymology

Origin of imaginable

1325–75; Middle English < Late Latin imāginābilis, equivalent to Latin imāginā ( rī ) to imagine + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

“The time has come to get with the dark-meat program. The boneless thigh may be the most perfect piece of meat or poultry imaginable.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The jersey was the smallest size possible, but appropriately celebrated the biggest man imaginable.

From Los Angeles Times

Now I drift over to the counter displaying boring shirtwaists: rows and rows of white blouses with every imaginable variation of button or no button, lace or pleating.

From Literature

For Maisler to build a cast that felt summoned rather than selected for the sweeping musical “Sinners,” finding the young blues musician Sammie required “a worldwide search down every avenue imaginable,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1982 he returned to New York, where he took “every gig imaginable,” he wrote in the timeline, including jobs scoring commercials, making “bad dance records” and playing “mafia weddings in Bensonhurst for $75.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• conceivable
• plausible
• sensible