imaginable

[ ih-maj-uh-nuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. capable of being imagined or conceived.

Other Words From

• i·magi·na·ble·ness noun
• i·magi·na·bly adverb
• unim·agi·na·ble adjective
• unim·agi·na·ble·ness noun
• unim·agi·na·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of imaginable¹

1325–75; Middle English < Late Latin imāginābilis, equivalent to Latin imāginā ( rī ) to imagine + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

“A farm boy who made good in Hollywood, this award was his most valued possession. My father was and will always be my North Star. Thank you, Daddy, for giving me the greatest life imaginable.”

From Los Angeles Times

“But you don’t have to be a parent to be sickened by the charges against Omar Torres, which are some of the most serious charges imaginable.”

From Los Angeles Times

And of course this is a company that holds the most sensitive data imaginable about its customers, raising troubling questions about what might happen to its huge – and extremely valuable – database of individual human DNA.

From BBC

The media has deployed every euphemism imaginable to describe the former president’s public usage of bad words like ****, **** and ****.

From Los Angeles Times

Or the pilot might have suffered a sudden medical emergency — at the worst imaginable time.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• conceivable
• plausible
• sensible