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