improbable

1. 1.

   not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred

   “legislation on the question is highly unlikely”

   “an improbable event”

   Synonymsunlikely

   Antonymsprobable

   Similarsupposed
2. 2.

   having a probability too low to inspire belief

   Synonymsunbelievableunconvincingunlikely

   Similarimplausible
3. 3.

   too improbable to admit of belief

   “a tall story”

   Synonymsmarvelousmarvelloustall

   Similarincredible

Questions about improbable

What does improbable mean?

improbable means "not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in improbable?

improbable has 4 syllables: im-pro-ba-ble. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˌɪmˈpɹɑbəbəl/.

What is another word for improbable?

Close synonyms include unlikely, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely, marvelous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of improbable?

The recorded antonyms are probable.

Is improbable a common word?

improbable is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with improbable?

1 word rhymes with improbable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.