incredible
/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl//ɪŋˈkɹɛdəbəl/
incredible adjective: too implausible to be credible; beyond belief.
Adjective
incredible (comparative more incredible, superlative most incredible)
- Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief.
- The extinction of a species once so numerous seemed incredible.1955, A. W. Schorger, The Passenger Pigeon: Its Natural History and Extinction, →ISBN, page vii
- I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.1980 September 16, Senator John Glenn, quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does, University of California Press (1990, 1993), page 29
- Synonyms:
- noncredible, unbelievable
- Antonyms:
- believable, credible
- Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
- He was so wrapped up in watching the incredible special effects that he couldn't keep track of the story.
- Synonyms:
- awesome, unbelievable
- Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful; excellent.
- I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night that I simply can't think about anything else.
- Synonyms:
- awesome, unbelievable
incredible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
incredible in Hindi
- अविश्वसनीय, अतुलनीय
incredible in Tamil
- நம்பமுடியாத
incredible in Marathi
- अविश्वसनीय
incredible in Urdu
- ناقابل یقین
More languagesFewer languages
- incredible in Bengali
- অবিশ্বাস্য, অবিশ্বাসনীয়, আজগবী
- incredible in Telugu
- నమ్మశక్యం కానిది, నమ్మశక్యంకానిది
- incredible in Malayalam
- അവിശ്വസനീയം, വിശ്വസിക്കാനാവാത്ത, വിശ്വസിക്കാൻകഴിയാത്ത, വിശ്വസിക്കാൻവിഷമമുള്ള
- incredible in Kannada
- ನಂಬಲಾಗದ, ಅವಿಶ್ವಸನೀಯ, ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯಕರ, ವಿಚಿತ್ರವಾದ
- incredible in Punjabi
- ਅਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ਼ਯੋਗ
- incredible in Gujarati
- અકલ્પનીય
- incredible in Odia
- ଅବିଶ୍ୱସନୀଯ଼, ଅବିଶ୍ୱସନୀଯ଼ |
- incredible in Nepali
- अविश्वसनीय
- incredible in Vietnamese
- khó tin
Examples of incredible in a sentence
- The other may be that they sincerely believed it to be true, demonstrating an almost incredible lack of communication between themselves and their working engineers.1986 June 6, Richard Feynman, “Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle”, in Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle...
- He therefore found revealed religion incredible in a literal sense, and, as Bayle had done before him, he radically separated morality from the practice of organized religion.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 796:
Synonyms of incredible
Antonyms
Forms of incredible
| comparative | more incredible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most incredible |
Origin of incredible
From Middle English incredible, from Latin incrēdibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”), equivalent to in- + credible.
Words formed from incredible
Phrases with incredible
Words that rhyme with incredible
Questions about incredible
- What does incredible mean?
- Incredible means too implausible to be credible; beyond belief.
- What is incredible in Hindi?
- Incredible in Hindi is अविश्वसनीय, अतुलनीय. See Incredible meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use incredible in a sentence?
- The other may be that they sincerely believed it to be true, demonstrating an almost incredible lack of communication between themselves and their working engineers.
- What part of speech is incredible?
- Incredible is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce incredible?
- Incredible is pronounced /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl/ (UK).
Words near incredible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: incredible (page history and authors); incredible (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incredible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incredible (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incredible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incredible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incredible (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incredible (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); incredible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incredible (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incredible (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incredible (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); incredible (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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