conceivable

adjective

con·​ceiv·​able kən-ˈsē-və-bəl 

: capable of being conceived : imaginable

every conceivable combination

conceivability

kən-ˌsē-və-ˈbi-lə-tē 

noun

conceivableness

kən-ˈsē-və-bəl-nəs 

noun

Examples of conceivable in a Sentence

They discussed the question from every conceivable angle.

It is conceivable that she will refuse to go.

Recent Examples on the Web

The Giants are a big (but should be bigger) budget behemoth that can’t do the big things right and also, for good measure, are doing every conceivable little thing wrong. —Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 June 2026

Why does rhythm and rhyme put me to sleep, why does the language of poets seem to me to be the least interesting language conceivable? —Literary Hub, 11 May 2026

Wright’s approach to the saxophone is often cubist in nature, reducing the music to isolated phrases and sounds and then battering them from every conceivable angle. —Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026

That world was unimaginable before Turner’s work to make CNN conceivable and then real. —Michael J. Socolow, The Conversation, 7 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for conceivable

• achievable
• believable
• perceivable
• receivable
• retrievable
• inconceivable
• irretrievable
• unbelievable