unbelievable adj

1 beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible" [syn: incredible] [ant: credible]

2 having a probability to low to inspire belief [syn: improbable, unconvincing, unlikely]

English

Etymology

From un- + believe + -able.

Pronunciation

Adjective

1. Incredible; not to be believed.

   The most unbelievable thing happened to me today!

   This restaurant makes unbelievable pizza!

2. 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

Unbelievable may refer to:

• "Unbelievable" (EMF song)
• Unbelievable (Sarah Connor album)
• Unbelievable (Diamond Rio album)
  • "Unbelievable" (Diamond Rio song), this album's title track
• Unbelievable (Lee-Hom Wang album)
• "Unbelievable" (Craig David song)
• "Unbelievable", a song by The Notorious B.I.G. from Ready to Die

a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, antic, beyond belief, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, fanciful, fantastic, flimsy, hard of belief, hard to believe, implausible, impossible, improbable, incomprehensible, inconceivable, incredible, mind-boggling, not deserving belief, open to doubt, open to suspicion, passing belief, preposterous, problematic, questionable, ridiculous, staggering belief, suspect, suspicious, tall, thick, thin, unaccountable, unconvincing, unearthly, unexpected, ungodly, unimaginable, unsubstantial, unthinkable, unworthy of belief, weak