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[ thing-kuh-buhl ] / ˈθɪŋ kə bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR thinkable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecapable of being thought; conceivable. that may be considered as possible or likely. Origin of thinkableFirst recorded in 1850–55; think1 + -able OTHER WORDS FROM thinkablethink·a·ble·ness, nounthink·a·bly, adverbWords nearby thinkablethings are looking up, thingstead, thingumabob, thingy, think, thinkable, think a lot of, think aloud, think back, think better of, think big Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thinkable“Things that would have been politically unthinkable 20 years ago are now thinkable,” Lytton said. Will the Cardinal Be Indicted?|Philip Shenon|June 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST He and Wilkinson were united too deeply in the adventure for that to be thinkable. The Life of John Marshall Volume 3 of 4|Albert J. Beveridge Individual private property was a corollary of liberty and hence law was not thinkable without it. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law|Roscoe Pound We agree with Mr Mill in the opinion that it is thinkable, conceivable, knowable. Review of the Work of Mr John Stuart Mill Entitled, 'Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy.'|George Grote
Was it thinkable that such a creature as Avdotya Romanovna would be marrying an unworthy man for money? Crime and Punishment|Fyodor Dostoevsky And the other life is not, in fact, thinkable to us except under the same forms as those of this earthly and transitory life. Tragic Sense Of Life|Miguel de Unamuno
British Dictionary definitions for thinkable
adjectiveable to be conceived or considered; possible; feasible Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to thinkablecomprehensible, conceivable, convincing, imaginable, likely, possible, practicable, practical, presumable, reasonable, cogitable, comprehendible, supposable |