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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMAG'INABLE, a. That may be imagined or conceived. This point is proved with all imaginable clearness.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: capable of being imagined; "that is one possible answer" [syn: conceivable, imaginable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century capable of being imagined ; conceivable <any imaginable location> • imaginableness noun • imaginably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. that can be imagined (the greatest difficulty imaginable). Derivatives: imaginably adv. Etymology: ME f. LL imaginabilis (as IMAGINE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Imaginable Im*ag"i*na*ble, a. [L. imaginabilis: cf. F. imaginable.] Capable of being imagined; conceivable. Men sunk into the greatest darkness imaginable. --Tillotson. -- Im*ag"i*na*ble*ness, n. -- Im*ag"i*na*bly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. You use imaginable after a superlative such as 'best' or 'worst' to emphasize that something is extreme in some way. ...their imprisonment under some of the most horrible circumstances imaginable... = conceivable ADJ: adj-superl n ADJ, adj-superl ADJ n [emphasis] 2. You use imaginable after a word like 'every' or 'all' to emphasize that you are talking about all the possible examples of something. You use imaginable after 'no' to emphasize that something does not have the quality mentioned. Parents encourage every activity imaginable. = possible ADJ: ADJ n, n ADJ [emphasis]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Conceivable.

Moby Thesaurus

assumable, cogitable, conceivable, conceivably possible, conjecturable, contingent, fanciable, humanly possible, likely, plausible, possible, potential, premissable, presumable, probable, supposable, surmisable, thinkable