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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not likely |
| Synonyms: | doubtful, dubious, far out, farfetched, fishy, flimsy, for the birds, full of holes, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, obscure, problematic, puzzling, reachy, suspect, thin*, too much*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unreasonable, unsubstantial, weak, won't hold water, won't wash |
| Antonyms: | believable, likely, plausible, possibly, probably, reasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fantastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strange, different; imaginary |
| Synonyms: | absurd, artificial, capricious, chimerical, comical, crazy, eccentric, erratic, exotic, extravagant, extreme, fanciful, far-fetched, fictional, foolish, foreign, freakish, grotesque, hallucinatory, illusive, imaginative, implausible, incredible, insane, irrational, ludicrous, mad, misleading, nonsensical, odd, out of sight, outlandish, peculiar, phantasmagorical, preposterous, quaint, queer, ridiculous, singular, suppositious, unbelievable, unlikely, unreal, wacky*, weird, whimsical |
| Antonyms: | common, commonplace, conventional, customary, familiar, ordinary, plain, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | far-fetched |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard to believe |
| Synonyms: | bizarre, doubtful, dubious, eccentric, fantastic, fishy, forced, hard to swallow, illogical, implausible, improbable, incoherent, inconsequential, incredible, labored, preposterous, queer, recondite, strained, strange, suspicious, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely, unnatural, unrealistic |
| Antonyms: | believable, natural, plausible, realistic |
| Main Entry: | fishy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, suspicious |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, doubtable, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, far-fetched, funny, implausible, improbable, odd, problematic, queer, questionable, shady, suspect, uncertain, unlikely |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, honest, likely, probable, real, truthful, unquestionable, unsuspicious |
| Main Entry: | illogical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not making sense |
| Synonyms: | absurd, casuistic, cockeyed, fallacious, false, fatuous, faulty, groundless, hollow, implausible, inconclusive, incongruous, inconsequent, inconsistent, incorrect, invalid, irrational, irrelevant, mad, meaningless, not following, nutty, off the wall, preposterous, screwy, self-contradictory, senseless, sophistic, sophistical, specious, spurious, unconnected, unproved, unreasonable, unscientific, unsound, unsubstantial, untenable, wacky, without basis, without foundation |
| Antonyms: | correct, logical, meaningful, rational, reasonable, right, sensible |
| Main Entry: | improbable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not likely |
| Synonyms: | doubtful, dubious, fanciful, far-fetched, flimsy*, hundred-to-one, iffy, implausible, inconceivable, not expected, outside chance, questionable, rare, slim, slim and none, unbelievable, uncertain, unconvincing, unheard of, unimaginable, unlikely, unsubstantial, weak |
| Antonyms: | believable, likely, ostensible, plausible, possible, probable, tenable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inconceivable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond reason, belief |
| Synonyms: | extraordinary, fantastic, incomprehensible, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, incredible, insupposable, mind-boggling, phony, rare, reachy, staggering, strange, thin*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unheard-of, unimaginable, unknowable, unlikely, unsubstantial, unthinkable, weak*, won't fly, won't wash |
| Antonyms: | believable, conceivable, fathomable, imaginable, reasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incredible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond belief |
| Synonyms: | absurd, far-fetched, fishy, flimsy*, implausible, impossible, improbable, incogitable, inconceivable, insupposable, out of the question, outlandish, phony, preposterous, questionable, ridiculous, rings phony, suspect, thin*, unbelievable, unconvincing, unimaginable, unsubstantial, untenable, unthinkable |
| Notes: | incredible means 'unbelievable' and incredulous means 'unbelieving' |
| Antonyms: | believable, credible, plausible, possible, realistic, tenable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ironic/ironical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, chaffing, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, double-edged, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, jibing, keen, mocking, mordant, paradoxical, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satiric, satirical, scathing, scoffing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, uncomplimentary, witty, wry |
| Antonyms: | considerate, deferential |
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