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

“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

In a time when it seems like TikTok comedians are in constant competition to go viral by saying the most offensive things imaginable, Griffin reiterates that any comic worth their salt should keep the crowd in on the joke.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

While these enormous mirrors will be used to capture the light of the cosmos, ESO’s neighbours in Garching, at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, have created a quantum mirror to operate at the tiniest scales imaginable.

From BBC

Related Words

• conceivable
• plausible
• sensible