incredibleadjective
uk/ɪnˈkred.ə.bəl/us/ɪnˈkred.ə.bəl/incredible adjective (DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE)
B2 impossible, or very difficult, to believe:
an incredible story
The latest missiles can be fired with incredible accuracy.
It seems incredible that no one foresaw the crisis.
More examples
- The conceit of that man is incredible!
- She appears to actually like the man, which I find incredible.
- "That's incredible!" he said, shaking his head in disbelief.
- Johnson scored an incredible goal in the match.
- The story is about theft, fraud and deceit on an incredible scale.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not believable
- belief
- by no stretch (of the imagination) idiom
- fanciful
- far-fetched
- fishy
- hard
- hear
- incredibly
- likely
- miraculous
- pass
- pass (all) belief idiom
- smell fishy idiom
- sth has to be seen to be believed idiom
- unconvincing
- unthinkable
- unthinkable
- untrustworthiness
- untrustworthy
- wash
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incredible adjective (EXTREME)
B1 informal extremely good:
Yeah, it was an incredible performance.
What an incredible motorbike!
More examples
- We thought that Egypt was an incredibly romantic country.
- This coffee is incredibly smooth and rich.
- My aunt is incredibly vague - she can never remember where she's left things.
- He's overweight and bald, and yet somehow, he's incredibly attractive.
- Their shows are always incredibly camp and flamboyant.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Extremely good
- admirable
- amazing
- ask for sb/sth
- award-winning
- awesome
- bowl
- brilliant
- incomparable
- inspired
- irreplaceable
- life is just a bowl of cherries idiom
- magnificent
- outstanding
- parallel
- sick
- superlatively
- supremacy
- supreme
- terrific
- textbook
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