The odds were seemingly insurmountable but he overcame them to win the presidency.
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Insurmountable
Synonyms for "insurmountable" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (13)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 25 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- неадо́льны adj (incapable of being passed over)
- непераадо́льны adj (incapable of being passed over)
Bulgarian
1 entries- непреодоли́м adj (incapable of being passed over)
Catalan
1 entries- insuperable adj (incapable of being passed over)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 無法克服的 /无法克服的 adj (incapable of being passed over)
Czech
1 entries- nepřekonatelný adj (incapable of being passed over)
Dutch
1 entries- onoverkomelijk adj (incapable of being passed over)
Finnish
2 entries- ylipääsemätön adj (incapable of being passed over)
- ylitsepääsemätön adj (incapable of being passed over)
French
3 entries- impassable adj (incapable of being passed over)
- infranchissable adj (incapable of being passed over)
- insurmontable adj (incapable of being passed over)
German
2 entries- unüberwindbar adj (incapable of being passed over)
- unüberwindlich adj (incapable of being passed over)
Greek
2 entries- ανυπέρβλητος adj (incapable of being passed over)
- αξεπέραστος adj (incapable of being passed over)
Hungarian
4 entries- legyőzhetetlen adj (incapable of being passed over)
- leküzdhetetlen adj (incapable of being passed over)
- áthidalhatatlan adj (incapable of being passed over)
- áthághatatlan adj (incapable of being passed over)
Irish
2 entries- dochloíte adj (incapable of being passed over)
- dosháraithe adj (incapable of being passed over)
Latin
2 entries- insuperābilis adj (incapable of being passed over)
- inēluctābilis adj (incapable of being passed over)
Macedonian
2 entries- непремостлив adj (incapable of being passed over)
- несовладлив adj (incapable of being passed over)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uoverstigelig adj (incapable of being passed over)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- uoverstigeleg adj (incapable of being passed over)
Polish
2 entries- nie do pokonania adj (incapable of being passed over)
- nieprzezwyciężony adj (incapable of being passed over)
Portuguese
2 entries- inexorável adj (incapable of being passed over)
- insuperável adj (incapable of being passed over)
Romanian
1 entries- insurmontabil adj (incapable of being passed over)
Russian
2 entries- неодоли́мый adj (incapable of being passed over)
- непреодоли́мый adj (incapable of being passed over)
Slovene
2 entries- nepremagljiv adj (incapable of being passed over)
- nepremostljiv adj (incapable of being passed over)
Spanish
3 entries- infranqueable adj (incapable of being passed over)
- insalvable adj (incapable of being passed over)
- insuperable adj (incapable of being passed over)
Swedish
1 entries- oöverstiglig adj (incapable of being passed over)
Turkish
1 entries- aşılamaz adj (incapable of being passed over)
Ukrainian
4 entries- незбо́рний adj (incapable of being passed over)
- незбори́мий adj (incapable of being passed over)
- нездола́нний adj (incapable of being passed over)
- неперебо́рний adj (incapable of being passed over)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
No problem is insurmountable.
Source: tatoeba (2663389)
The biggest problem with immigration is its multicultural character. The trouble is not that workers migrate when necessary, but the insurmountable cultural gap that separates them from the host societies. Without going any further, Muslim immigration in Europe is a good example.
Source: tatoeba (3112125)
This book sees the protagonist conquer insurmountable odds and save the day.
Source: tatoeba (5141467)
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