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conceivable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kənˈsiːvəbl̩/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being conceived or imagined.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: imaginable, possible, credible, thinkable

Antonyms: inconceivable, unconceivable

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

capable of being imagined

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • that is one possible answer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: imaginable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: магчы́мы (mahčýmy) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Belarusian: мажлі́вы (mažlívy) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Bulgarian: мислим (mislim) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Bulgarian: разбираем (razbiraem) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Bulgarian: възможен (vǎzmožen) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Catalan: concebible — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 想得到的 — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可想像的 — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Czech: myslitelný — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Czech: možný — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Czech: představitelný — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Dutch: denkbaar — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Finnish: ajateltavissa oleva — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • French: pensable — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • French: imaginable — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • French: concevable — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • German: absehbar — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • German: begreiflich — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • German: denkbar — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • German: erdenklich — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • German: vorstellbar — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Hungarian: elképzelhető — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Hungarian: felfogható — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Italian: concepibile — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Italian: ideabile — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Italian: immaginabile — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Italian: pensabile — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Latin: comprehēnsibilis — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Latin: comprehēnsīvus — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Latin: cōgitābilis — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tenkelig — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tenkeleg — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tenkjeleg — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Polish: wyobrażalny — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Portuguese: imaginável — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Portuguese: concebível — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Russian: мы́слимый (mýslimyj) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Russian: постижи́мый (postižímyj) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Russian: вероя́тный (verojátnyj) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Russian: возмо́жный (vozmóžnyj) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Russian: потенциа́льный (potɛnciálʹnyj) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Sanskrit: मानस (mānasa) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Serbo-Croatian: замѝслив — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀јмљив — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Serbo-Croatian: zamìsliv — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòjmljiv — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Spanish: concebible — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Spanish: pensable — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Spanish: imaginable — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Swedish: tänkbar — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Turkish: akla uygun — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Turkish: düşünülebilir — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Turkish: makul — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
  • Ukrainian: можли́вий (možlývyj) — capable of being conceived or imagined; possible; credible; thinkable
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