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Possible

Possible Meaning & Definition
Possible Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Possible?

[n] something that can be done; "politics is the art of the possible"
[n] an applicant who might be suitable
[adj] existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear poser"
[adj] capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"
[adj] possible to conceive or imagine; "that is one possible answer"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Possible: accomplishable | achievable | affirmable | allegeable | assertable | attainable | attemptable | come-at-able | conceivable | contingent | doable | feasible | fermentable | getable | gettable | imaginable | latent | mathematical | potential | practicable | realizable | researchable | viable | workable

Related Terms | Find terms related to Possible: accomplishable | achievable | admissible | advisable | algorismic | algorithmic | aliquot | attainable | available | between the lines | cardinal | cogitable | conceivable | conceivably possible | contingent | covert | credible | cryptic | decimal | delitescent | differential | digital | doable | dormant | earthly | esoteric | even | expedient | exponential | feasible | figural | figurate | figurative | finite | fractional | hibernating | hidden | humanly possible | imaginable | imaginary | impair | impossible | infinite | integral | irrational | latent | likely | logarithmic | logometric | lurking | mortal | muffled | mystic | negative | numeral | numerary | numerative | numeric | obfuscated | obscured | occult | odd | on | ordinal | pair | plausible | positive | potential | practicable | practical | prime | probable | radical | rational | reachable | real | realizable | reasonable | reciprocal | sleeping | submerged | submultiple | surd | tenable | thinkable | transcendental | under the surface | underlying | unmanifested | veiled | viable | virtual | workable

See Also | applicant | applier | likely | opening | possibility | possible action | practical | realistic | thinkable

Possible In Webster's Dictionary

\Pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. possibilis, fr. posse to be able, to have power; potis able, capable + esse to be. See {Potent}, {Am}, and cf. {Host} a landlord.] Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that Judas meant no wrong. With God all things are possible. --Matt. xix. 26. Syn: Practicable; likely. See {Practicable}.

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