thinkable
pronunciation
How to pronounce thinkable in British English: UK [ˈθɪŋkəbl]
How to pronounce thinkable in American English: US [ˈθɪŋkəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- capable of being conceived or imagined or considered
Word Origin
- thinkable (adj.)
- 1805; see think (v.) + -able. Possibly a back-formation from unthinkable.
Antonym
Example
- 1. What is thinkable is also possible .
- 2. I 'm sorry to say her idea is hardly thinkable .
- 3. However , various measures of economic activity suggest that an outright contraction in the chinese economy is now at least thinkable .
- 4. Unemployment has reached a level that would not have been thinkable ten years ago .
- 5. War between big powers would once again become thinkable .