Definition of thinkable in English:
thinkable
adjective ˈθɪŋkəblˈθɪŋkəb(ə)l
Able to be thought of or imagined; conceivable.
something that was barely thinkable just 70 years ago
Example sentencesExamples
- To the same situation different modes of reacting are thinkable and feasible.
- I hope it will pass, but in that political climate - in a climate that makes that even thinkable - the possible application of this act is quite terrifying.
- After the abolition of slavery in the 19th century, it becomes thinkable that the relics of domination will be abolished in the 21st and 22nd centuries.
- Striving in a law-bound, seemingly rational universe made success more thinkable, possibly more doable.
- Such a course would never be acceptable, or even thinkable, if undertaken by a single nation.
Synonyms
conceivable, feasible, reasonable, acceptable, imaginable, possible, within the bounds of possibility
likely
rare cogitable
Definition of thinkable in US English:
thinkable
adjectiveˈθɪŋkəb(ə)lˈTHiNGkəb(ə)l
Able to be thought of or imagined; conceivable.
something that was barely thinkable just 70 years ago
Example sentencesExamples
- I hope it will pass, but in that political climate - in a climate that makes that even thinkable - the possible application of this act is quite terrifying.
- Such a course would never be acceptable, or even thinkable, if undertaken by a single nation.
- After the abolition of slavery in the 19th century, it becomes thinkable that the relics of domination will be abolished in the 21st and 22nd centuries.
- Striving in a law-bound, seemingly rational universe made success more thinkable, possibly more doable.
- To the same situation different modes of reacting are thinkable and feasible.
Synonyms
conceivable, feasible, reasonable, acceptable, imaginable, possible, within the bounds of possibility