unbelievable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ believable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌnbəˈliːvəbl̩/

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Adjective

unbelievable (comparative more unbelievable, superlative most unbelievable)

2. (literally) Not to be believed.

   Synonyms: beyond belief, incredible, noncredible

   Antonyms: believable, credible

4. (figuratively) Amazing, astonishing; so surprising that one is almost, or figuratively, unable to believe.

   Synonym: incredible

   The most unbelievable thing happened to me today!

   This restaurant makes unbelievable pizza!

6. Implausible or improbable.

   Synonyms: improbable, infeasible, unlikely

   Antonyms: feasible, likely, plausible, probable

   His excuse seems rather unbelievable.

Derived terms

• superunbelievable
• unbelievably

 

Related terms

• belief
• believe

 

Translations

incredible

• Afrikaans: ongelooflik
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: لا يصدق
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: inanılmaz, ağlasığmaz, ağlabatmaz
• Basque: sinestezin
• Bulgarian: невероя́тен (bg) (neverojáten)
• Catalan: increïble (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可思議／不可思议 (zh) (bùkěsīyì)

• Czech: neuvěřitelný (cs)
• Danish: utrolig
• Dutch: ongelofelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: nekredebla (eo)
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: uskomaton (fi)
• French: incroyable (fr)
• Georgian: დაუჯერებელი (dauǯerebeli)
• German: unglaublich (de)
• Greek: απίστευτος (el) (apísteftos)
• Hungarian: hihetetlen (hu)
• Icelandic: ótrúlegur (is)
• Irish: dochreidte
• Italian: incredibile (it)
• Japanese: 信じられない (ja) (shinjirarenai)
• Latin: incredibilis (la)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: neuchredjallagh
• Navajo: doojóódląʼda
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utrolig

• Plautdietsch: onjleeflich
• Polish: niewiarygodny (pl), niebywały (pl)
• Portuguese: inacreditável (pt), incrível (pt)
• Romanian: incredibil (ro), de necrezut
• Russian: невероя́тный (ru) (neverojátnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: невjероjатан, невероjатан, невjероватан, невероватан

  Roman: nevjerojatan (sh), neverojatan, nevjerovatan, neverovatan (sh)

• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: increíble (es)
• Swedish: otrolig (sv)
• Telugu: నమ్మలేని (nammalēni)
• Turkish: inanılmaz (tr)
• Ukrainian: неймові́рний (nejmovírnyj)

implausible

• Albanian: pabesueshëm (sq)
• Basque: sinestezin
• Catalan: increïble (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 難以置信／难以置信 (zh) (nányǐzhìxìn)

• Dutch: ongeloofwaardig (nl)
• Esperanto: nekredebla (eo)
• Finnish: epäuskottava (fi)
• French: incroyable (fr)
• Georgian: დაუჯერებელი (dauǯerebeli), არასარწმუნო (arasarc̣muno), დამაჯერებლობას მოკლებული (damaǯereblobas moḳlebuli)
• German: unglaubhaft, unglaubwürdig (de)
• Hungarian: hihetetlen (hu)
• Icelandic: ósennilegur
• Latin: incredibilis (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: usannsynlig

• Polish: niewiarygodny (pl)
• Portuguese: inacreditável (pt)
• Russian: неправдоподо́бный (ru) (nepravdopodóbnyj)
• Swedish: osannolik (sv)