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thinkable

[ thing-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being thought; think; thought; conceivable.
  2. that may be considered as possible or likely.


thinkable

/ ˈθɪŋkəbəl /

adjective

  1. able to be conceived or considered; possible; feasible


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Other Words From

  • thinka·ble·ness noun
  • thinka·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of thinkable1

First recorded in 1850–55; think 1 + -able

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Example Sentences

“Things that would have been politically unthinkable 20 years ago are now thinkable,” Lytton said.

It was not thinkable that any magic at all could be worked by a fur coat or even by the foresight that had provided it.

It is sufficient for him to know that his creations are thinkable.

When the race dies, in no thinkable way can we say that it will live at all.

Nevertheless the anarchism of Tolstoy offers us a programme which is hardly thinkable.

It is thinkable only as a requirement136 made by rational intelligence for fitting conduct among personal agents.

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