English Online Dictionary. What means incredible? What does incredible mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English incredible, from Latin incrēdibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”), equivalent to in- + credible.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl/
- (US) enPR: ĭngkrĕ'dəbəl, IPA(key): /ɪŋˈkɹɛdəbəl/, [ɪ̈ŋˈkɹ̥ʷɛɾəbəɫ], [ɪ̈ŋˈkɹ̥ʷɛɾəbɫ̩]
- Rhymes: -ɛdɪbəl
Adjective
incredible (comparative more incredible, superlative most incredible)
- (literal) Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief. [from 15th c.]
- Synonyms: noncredible, unbelievable
- Antonyms: believable, credible
- 1980 September 16, Senator John Glenn, quoted in William A. Schwartz et al., The Nuclear Seduction: Why the Arms Race Doesn’t Matter—And What Does, University of California Press (1990, 1993), →ISBN, page 29:
- I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.
- (figurative) Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
- Synonyms: awesome, unbelievable
- Coordinate term: noncredible
- (figurative) Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful; excellent.
- Synonyms: awesome, unbelievable
- Coordinate term: noncredible