Antonyms for impossibility


Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-pos-uh-bil-i-tee, im-pos-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˌpɒs əˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌɪm pɒs-


Definition of impossibility

Origin :
  • late 14c., "quality of being impossible," from impossible + -ity; perhaps from or modeled on French impossibilité. Meaning "an impossible thing or occurrence" is from c.1500.
  • noun hopelessness
Example sentences :
  • By day it was dangerous enough; by night it was almost an impossibility.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • I did not, at least I tried not to expect such an impossibility.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • For what the first sentence seemed to give was next thing to an impossibility.
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
  • That impossibility is precisely the almost universal expectation.
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
  • To the healthy, walking is a pleasure; to the sick, a burden, if not an impossibility.
  • Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
  • Well, my dear, writing is an impossibility when one is at the sea-shore.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 » by Various
  • And that others should approve, of what we approve, is no miracle or impossibility?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • There is no impossibility in all this; that there is a difficulty, we acknowledge ourselves.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • This impossibility of excess is the note of divine moderation.
  • Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato
  • In the first case, they assume that Plato means to show the impossibility of any truth.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato

Synonyms for impossibility

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