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

“Slavery, in every way imaginable, was central to the project of designing, funding, building, and maintaining the school,” it concluded.

From Washington Post

The successful part of the season, the stretch that has made the postseason imaginable, is the part where the team was his to maneuver as deliberately as he wished.

From Washington Post

In some stores, sophisticated systems are tracking customers in almost every imaginable way, from recognizing their faces to gauging their age, their mood, and virtually gussying them up with makeup.

From MIT Technology Review

The Republican cult of victimhood is dangerous because if you believe that you have been wronged by forces beyond your control, you may also believe that you are justified in fighting back by any means imaginable.

From Washington Post

“Such a violation of physical integrity is no longer imaginable today,” Dekker added in a statement.

From Washington Blade

I disagree with Spencer on pretty much everything imaginable, but I concur on this.

From The Daily Beast

The one flavor you can always count on, however, is rich chocolate, the most chocolaty food imaginable.

From The Daily Beast

In 2012, he voted to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, one of the purest excresences of crony capitalism imaginable.

From The Daily Beast

But it might just produce some of the more narcissistic and voyeuristic tech imaginable.

From The Daily Beast

No imaginable circumstance could make a reasonable Ford-owner think, “Damn, I should have bought that Ferrari.”

From The Daily Beast

He insisted upon my staying a while, and we had the most amusing and entertaining conversation imaginable.

From Project Gutenberg

An old weather-beaten bear-hunter stepped forward, squirting out his tobacco juice with all imaginable deliberation.

From Project Gutenberg

The Americans will endeavour by all imaginable means to induce us to help them against Spain.

From Project Gutenberg

He was kind enough to interest himself for us in the warmest manner imaginable.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact, to hear Skipper Worse utter the word Romarino was one of the most ludicrous things imaginable.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• conceivable
• plausible
• sensible