Dictionary

imaginable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnəbəl/ (General-American)
• /ɪˈmadʒnəbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪˈmæd͡ʒnəbəl/ (General-American)
• /ɪˈmadʒɪnəbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-nəbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-nəbəl/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From Middle English ymaginable, from Latin imāginābilis; equivalent to imagine + -able.

Meanings

1. Able to be imagined; conceivable.
   • While running, they were exposed to the most hideous bespawling imaginable. 2002, Peter Novobatzky, Ammon Shea, Depraved and Insulting English:
   • By the early 1980s, Gucci was overlicensed, with its logo on every product imaginable from headscarves to key rings to lighters. 2015, Ashok Som, Christian Blanckaert, The Road To Luxury:
2. Able to be imagined; conceivable. ▸ Within the realm of consideration.
   • Nevertheless, even if these forms do not directly go back to Lat. autumnus, influence of this word is imaginable. 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 171:

Forms

Antonyms

unimaginable

Deriveds

inimaginable · imaginably · imaginableness

Relateds

imaginability

Translations (23)

ja 考えられる (able to be imagined; conceivable) · es imaginable (able to be imagined; conceivable) · tr düşünülebilir (able to be imagined; conceivable) · hu képzelhető (able to be imagined; conceivable) · pt imaginável (able to be imagined; conceivable) · cs představitelný (able to be imagined; conceivable) · cmn 可以想像的 (able to be imagined; conceivable) · enm ymaginable (able to be imagined; conceivable) · hu elképzelhető (able to be imagined; conceivable) · es concebible (able to be imagined; conceivable) · ja 想像できる (able to be imagined; conceivable) · ru вообрази́мый (able to be imagined; conceivable) · sv tänkbar (able to be imagined; conceivable) · fr imaginable (able to be imagined; conceivable) · de vorstellbar (able to be imagined; conceivable) · gl imaxinable (able to be imagined; conceivable) · la cōgitābilis (able to be imagined; conceivable) · fi kuviteltavissa oleva (able to be imagined; conceivable) · pl wyobrażalny (able to be imagined; conceivable) · it immaginabile (able to be imagined; conceivable) · pt concebível (able to be imagined; conceivable) · ca imaginable (able to be imagined; conceivable) · eo imagebla (able to be imagined; conceivable)