thinkable
[thing-kuh-buh l]
- capable of being thought; conceivable.
- that may be considered as possible or likely.
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Origin of thinkable
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comprehensible, conceivable, convincing, imaginable, likely, possible, practicable, practical, presumable, reasonable, cogitable, comprehendible, supposableExamples from the Web for thinkable
Contemporary Examples of thinkable
“Things that would have been politically unthinkable 20 years ago are now thinkable,” Lytton said.
Historical Examples of thinkable
In fact, every thinkable way of serving fish is herein described.
American CookeryVarious
Or, as the law says, how can we think on what is not thinkable?
A Lecture On HeadsGeo. Alex. Stevens
Nonentities are not perceivable, and therefore not thinkable.
Nothing is either known to us or thinkable by us except will and idea.
And while that is lacking my life with you is not thinkable.
The Last Days of TolstoyV. G. Chertkov
thinkable
- able to be conceived or considered; possible; feasible
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