unbelievable

English

Etymology

From un- + believe + -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

unbelievable (comparative more unbelievable, superlative most unbelievable)

1. Not to be believed.
2. Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.

   The most unbelievable thing happened to me today!

   This restaurant makes unbelievable pizza!

3. Implausible or improbable.

   His excuse seems rather unbelievable.

Synonyms

• (incredible): incredible
• (implausible): implausible, improbable, infeasible, unlikely

Antonyms

• (incredible): believable
• (implausible): feasible, likely, plausible, probable

Translations

incredible

• Afrikaans: ongelooflike (af)
• Arabic: لا يصدق (ar)
• Catalan: increïble (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可思議 (cmn), 不可思议 (cmn) (bùkěsīyì)

• Czech: neuvěřitelný (cs)
• Danish: utrolig (da)
• Dutch: ongelofelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: nekredebla (eo)
• Finnish: uskomaton (fi)
• French: incroyable (fr) m and f
• German: unglaublich (de)
• Hungarian: hihetetlen (hu)
• Icelandic: ótrúlegur (is) m

• Italian: incredibile (it) m and f
• Japanese: 信じられない (ja) (しんじられない, shinjirarenai)
• Latin: incredibilis (la)
• Manx: neuchredjallagh (gv)
• Navajo: doojóódląʼda
• Polish: niewiarygodny (pl) m, niebywały (pl) m
• Portuguese: inacreditável (pt)
• Romanian: incredibil (ro), de necrezut (ro)
• Russian: невероятный (ru) (neverojátnyj)
• Spanish: increíble (es)
• Swedish: otrolig (sv)
• Telugu: నమ్మలేని (te) (nammalEni)
• Turkish: inanılmaz (tr)

implausible

• Albanian: pabesueshëm (sq)
• Catalan: increïble (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 難以置信 (cmn), 难以置信 (cmn) (nányǐzhìxìn)

• Dutch: ongeloofwaardig (nl)
• Esperanto: nekredebla (eo)
• Finnish: epäuskottava (fi)

• French: incroyable (fr) m and f
• German: unglaubhaft, unglaubwürdig
• Icelandic: ósennilegur (is) m
• Latin: incredibilis (la)
• Polish: niewiarygodny (pl) m
• Russian: неправдоподобный (ru) (nepravdopodóbnyj)
• Swedish: osannolik (sv)