unbelievable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ believable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnbəˈliːvəbl̩/

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Adjective

unbelievable (comparative more unbelievable, superlative most unbelievable)

1. (literally) Not to be believed.
2. (figuratively) Amazing, incredible; so surprising that one 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: improbable, infeasible, unlikely

   Antonyms: feasible, likely, plausible, probable

Synonyms

• incredible

 

Antonyms

• believable

 

Derived terms

• unbelievably

 

Related terms

• belief
• believe

 

Translations

incredible

• Afrikaans: ongelooflike
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: لا يصدق‎
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: inanılmaz, ağlasığmaz, ağlabatmaz
• Basque: sinestezin
• Bulgarian: невероя́тен (bg) (neverojáten)
• Catalan: increïble (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可思議／不可思议 (zh) (bùkěsīyì)

• Czech: neuvěřitelný (cs)
• Danish: utrolig
• Dutch: ongelofelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: nekredebla (eo)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: uskomaton (fi)
• French: incroyable (fr)
• Georgian: დაუჯერებელი (dauǯerebeli)
• German: unglaublich (de)
• Greek: απίστευτος (el) (apísteftos)
• Hungarian: hihetetlen (hu)
• Icelandic: ótrúlegur (is)
• Irish: dochreidte
• Italian: incredibile (it)
• Japanese: 信じられない (ja) (shinjirarenai)
• Latin: incredibilis (la)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: neuchredjallagh
• Navajo: doojóódląʼda
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utrolig

• Plautdietsch: onjleeflich
• Polish: niewiarygodny (pl), niebywały (pl)
• Portuguese: inacreditável (pt), incrível (pt)
• Romanian: incredibil (ro), de necrezut
• Russian: невероя́тный (ru) (neverojátnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: невjероjатан, невероjатан, невjероватан, невероватан

  Roman: nevjerojatan (sh), neverojatan, nevjerovatan, neverovatan (sh)

• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: increíble (es)
• Swedish: otrolig (sv)
• Telugu: నమ్మలేని (nammalēni)
• Turkish: inanılmaz (tr)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

implausible

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

  Mandarin: 難以置信／难以置信 (zh) (nányǐzhìxìn)

• Dutch: ongeloofwaardig (nl)
• Esperanto: nekredebla (eo)
• Finnish: epäuskottava (fi)
• French: incroyable (fr)
• Georgian: დაუჯერებელი (dauǯerebeli), არასარწმუნო (arasarc̣muno), დამაჯერებლობას მოკლებული (damaǯereblobas moḳlebuli)
• German: unglaubhaft, unglaubwürdig (de)
• Hungarian: hihetetlen (hu)
• Icelandic: ósennilegur
• Latin: incredibilis (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: usannsynlig

• Polish: niewiarygodny (pl)
• Portuguese: inacreditável (pt)
• Russian: неправдоподо́бный (ru) (nepravdopodóbnyj)
• Swedish: osannolik (sv)