improbable

 
  Grep  of  noun  improbable 
  improbableness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  improbable 
 
  The  adj  improbable  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  improbable,  unlikely  --  (not  likely  to  be  true  or  to  occur  or  to  have  occurred;  "legislation  on  the  question  is  highly  unlikely";  "an  improbable  event") 
  2.  improbable,  unbelievable,  unconvincing,  unlikely  --  (having  a  probability  to  low  to  inspire  belief) 
  3.  improbable,  marvelous,  marvellous,  tall  --  (too  improbable  to  admit  of  belief;  "a  tall  story") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  improbable 
 
  3  senses  of  improbable 
 
  Sense  1 
  improbable  (vs.  probable),  unlikely 
 
  probable  (vs.  improbable),  likely,  plausible 
  =>  presumed(postnominal) 
  =>  presumptive 
  =>  verisimilar 
  =>  equiprobable 
 
  Sense  2 
  improbable,  unbelievable,  unconvincing,  unlikely 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  implausible)  ->  plausible 
 
  Sense  3 
  improbable,  marvelous,  marvellous,  tall(postnominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  incredible)  ->  credible,  believable 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  improbable 
 
  3  senses  of  improbable 
 
  Sense  1 
  improbable  (vs.  probable),  unlikely 
  =>  supposed(postnominal) 
 
  Sense  2 
  improbable,  unbelievable,  unconvincing,  unlikely 
  =>  implausible  (vs.  plausible) 
 
  Sense  3 
  improbable,  marvelous,  marvellous,  tall(postnominal) 
  =>  incredible  (vs.  credible),  unbelievable 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  improbable 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  improbable 
 
  improbable  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  improbable 
  improbable 
 
  Overview  of  adj  improbable 
 
  The  adj  improbable  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  improbable,  unlikely  --  (not  likely  to  be  true  or  to  occur  or  to  have  occurred;  "legislation  on  the  question  is  highly  unlikely";  "an  improbable  event") 
  2.  improbable,  unbelievable,  unconvincing,  unlikely  --  (having  a  probability  to  low  to  inspire  belief) 
  3.  improbable,  marvelous,  marvellous,  tall  --  (too  improbable  to  admit  of  belief;  "a  tall  story") 

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