IMPLAUSIBLE Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

implausible

adjective

(ˌ)im-ˈplȯ-zə-bəl

Definition of implausible

as in incredible

too extraordinary or improbable to believe the terrorist attacks generated a whole passel of implausible conspiracy theories that dishonor the memory of those who perished

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Recent Examples of implausible Crypto-anarchy’s projects all involve an implausible degree of human commitment. — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026 The uncomfortable implication is that the most dangerous credibility failures are not the ones where we are obviously fooled by something implausible. — Big Think, 21 Aug. 2026 But this seems implausible today, when great powers cannot even cooperate on addressing climate change, let alone the full shape of world order. — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 The idea that either could survive another four-year cycle (Messi is 39 and Ronaldo 41) and play at the 2030 World Cup seemed implausible. — Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for implausible

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Achieving incredible data transmission speed The researcher fabricated the device using a 300-millimeter silicon-on-insulator manufacturing process.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
This year’s incredible class of awardees includes Jason Bolden, Kellon Deryck, Molly Greenwald, Chris Horan, Amy Komorowski, Thuy Nguyen, Law Roach, and Trish Summerville.

— InStyle, InStyle, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of incredible

Adjective

In a true turn of events that would seem almost incredulous in a Hollywood script, the boss of a now defunct production company that specialized in true crime is wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
The title comes from a phrase that became part of his creative vocabulary and began appearing in sketches whenever an absurd situation called for a perfectly incredulous response.

— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of incredulous

Adjective

Friedman began her remarks by reminding the audience of von Furstenberg’s unlikely beginning, born in Brussels to a Holocaust survivor.

— Ariel Bielsky, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
Dahlia Scheindlin, a veteran pollster who works for left-of-center candidates and parties in Israel, speculated that the number of returning overseas voters was unlikely to be big enough to change the outcome of the election.

— Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of unlikely

Adjective

Well, not necessarily unhittable, but impossible to score runs against.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The documentary contains, through her participation and performance, the accommodation that facts alone are insufficient and maybe impossible.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of impossible

Adjective

That some narrative moves are obvious, some unconvincing and some just extraneous does not get in the way of a good time.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
But being unfunny is less Digger’s problem than a story that ties itself in knots trying to be clever, as a completely unconvincing big twist alters the picture and opens a window to a grim future.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of unconvincing

Adjective

But the story of twentieth-century democracy from Watergate to the Pentagon Papers is inconceivable without print.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Technology, public taste and economic conditions all contributed to its once-inconceivable drastic makeover.

— Rick Nicita, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of inconceivable

Adjective

Dubbed 'Flash Charging,' this allows the Atto 8’s massive 115-kilowatt-hour battery to rocket from a 10% charge up to 70% capacity in an almost unbelievable five minutes.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
What Zoe [Kazan] has done with Steinbeck’s East of Eden is just unbelievable.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of unbelievable

Adjective

As insufferable and absurd as that was, Murphy continued in the middle of the 2026 season, acting like his team's biggest division rival had also not heard of his players who were currently in first place.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
But its ludicrous potential price tag isn’t the only absurd thing.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of absurd

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