imaginable.

Capable of being imagined or mentally conceived.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• imaginable outcome
• every imaginable possibility

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The outcome was imaginable even though the available evidence made it unlikely.

The review considered the relevant alternatives rather than every imaginable possibility.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Capacity adjective; ordinary degree comparison only where the context permits it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: narrative transformation, conception and possibility, memory representation, anticipatory detail. Disciplines: literary writing, advanced general English, narrative analysis. Commonness: moderately common.