implausible en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English plausible English implausible From im- + plausible.
Meanings
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Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.
Harper finds the idea that Latin developed into the modern Romance languages too implausible to believe.
2008 February 17, Mark Liberman, “More on Harper”, in Language Log:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more implausible | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most implausible | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
implausibility · implausibleness · implausibly
Synonyms
Translations (14)
hu valószínűtlen (unlikely) · sv osannolik (unlikely) · cs neplausibilní (unlikely) · es no / poco / nada plausible (unlikely) · bg неправдоподобен (unlikely) · es inverosímil (unlikely) · ca inversemblant (unlikely) · ka არადამაჯერებელი (unlikely) · ru невероя́тный (unlikely) · ka არასარწმუნო (unlikely) · ka დაუჯერებელი (unlikely) · ka დამაჯერებლობას მოკლებული (unlikely) · bg невероятен (unlikely) · de unplausibel (unlikely)