INAPPARENT Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

inapparent

adjective

Definition of inapparent

as in hidden

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Adjective

Influenced by the work of Carl Jung, many psychologists view the dragon as a symbol of the hidden fears and conflicts within the human mind.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026
When hidden sources of stress and burnout go unnoticed, organizations must prioritize visibility into the whole employee.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of hidden

Adjective

Getty Images At first sight, Hannia Zia and Joana Ferreira are unlikely founders of a start-up promising to shake up the American construction industry.

— David Prosser, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Many of the athletes represented are unlikely to earn significant NIL money—some might not earn any—by playing another season.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of unlikely

Adjective

Atomix, with just fourteen seats along its chef’s counter, has never been easy to book, but, in the age of reservation scalpers and oligarch concierges, getting a table there has become functionally impossible.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
When Black voters faced threats of violence at the ballot box, the community showed up in numbers that were impossible to ignore.

— Kyle Lierman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of impossible

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This great, once improbable, step into the unknown has the potential to bring tests against Milan, Juventus and Bayer Leverkusen, and nights like never before at the Stadium of Light.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 22 July 2026
In the ninetieth minute, with Argentina hanging on, but retaining hope of an improbable victory, Messi was body-blocked by Aymeric Laporte, a Spain defender, and thrown to the floor.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of improbable

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This analogy is strangely anticlimactic and almost consoling, but a pedestrian ending comes with the territory in a scrupulously realistic book about the inconceivable.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
The major innovation of pocket books became the big selling point of Casa Editorial Maucci, which saw its products sell at an inconceivable rate, spreading like wildfire.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026

Definition of inconceivable

Adjective

The story is simple and implausible, about a man who sets out to drown his wife but falls ever more deeply in love with her instead.

— Tim Page, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2026
Spain’s talisman was Lamine Yamal, its nineteen-year-old right winger, who plays the game with bleached tips, implausible speed, and nonchalance, but its superego was Rodri, the team’s central midfielder and captain.

— Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of implausible

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