unbelievable — ozdic

Definitions

adj

1

Not to be believed.

‘Come on, girls,’ said Steve, ‘be honest, we won.’ / ‘Yeah,’ said Raymond, ‘we let you off because you’re girls.’ / ‘You’re unbelievable,’ said Liz. / ‘Well, if we’re unbelievable,’ said Steve, ‘then you’re unbelievabler.’

2

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

The most unbelievable thing happened to me today!

This restaurant makes unbelievable pizza!

3

Implausible or improbable.

His excuse seems rather unbelievable.

Collocations

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1

(adj.)

VERBS

be, seem, sound

become

find sth

It's hard to find his behavior at the meeting unbelievable given his past actions.

ADV

really

completely, quite, totally

just, simply

almost

pretty

PREP

to

It seems completely unbelievable to anyone who knows how hard she worked for that promotion.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — beyond belief or understanding

incredible

adjective — having a probability too low to inspire belief

improbable
unconvincing
unlikely

Antonyms

credible
believable

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

‘Come on, girls,’ said Steve, ‘be honest, we won.’ / ‘Yeah,’ said Raymond, ‘we let you off because you’re girls.’ / ‘You’re unbelievable,’ said Liz. / ‘Well, if we’re unbelievable,’ said Steve, ‘then

Wiktionary

02

The most unbelievable thing happened to me today!

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03

This restaurant makes unbelievable pizza!

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04

This story might sound unbelievable but it is true.

Tatoeba · #56444

05

Gee, unbelievable!

Tatoeba · #65354

06

Unbelievable!

Tatoeba · #268828

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, unbelievable is marked as figuratively, literally. Watch for register when choosing this word.