She's asking how that's possible.
Source: tatoeba (1387)
Possible
//ˈpɒs.ə.bəl//
Synonyms for "possible" (118 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
How these synonyms differ
- conceivable - 'Conceivable' pushes possibility to its outer edge, you can imagine it happening, but just barely. It's possibility at arm's length.
- feasible - 'Feasible' means possible and practical, not just theoretically doable but realistic given actual constraints like time, money, and skill.
- likely - 'Likely' shifts from capability to probability, something possible might not happen, but something likely probably will.
- plausible - 'Plausible' means possible and believable, a plausible explanation is one that could reasonably be true, even if you're not sure it is.
- viable - 'Viable' adds sustainability, a viable plan isn't just possible in theory but capable of actually working and surviving.
Related word relations
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Translations
139 translations across 73 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- ممكن adj (able but not certain to happen)
- مُمْكِن adj (able but not certain to happen)
Armenian
1 entries- հնարավոր adj (able but not certain to happen)
Asturian
2 entries- posible adj (able but not certain to happen)
- posible adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- həyata keçirilə bilən adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- mümkün adj (able but not certain to happen)
- mümkün adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- mümkün adj (being considered, e.g. for a position)
Belarusian
2 entries- магчы́мы adj (able but not certain to happen)
- мажлі́вы adj (able but not certain to happen)
Bulgarian
2 entries- възмо́жен adj (able but not certain to happen)
- изпълним adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- можный adj (able but not certain to happen)
Catalan
2 entries- possible adj (able but not certain to happen)
- possible adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 可能 adj (able but not certain to happen)
Czech
1 entries- možný adj (able but not certain to happen)
Danish
2 entries- mulig adj (able but not certain to happen)
- mulig adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Dutch
4 entries- denkbaar adj (being considered, e.g. for a position)
- doenbaar adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- doenlijk adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- haalbaar adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Esperanto
3 entries- ebla adj (able but not certain to happen)
- ebla adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- eventuala adj (able but not certain to happen)
Estonian
1 entries- võimalik adj (able but not certain to happen)
Faroese
1 entries- møguligur adj (able but not certain to happen)
Fijian
1 entries- rawa adj (able but not certain to happen)
Finnish
2 entries- mahdollinen adj (able but not certain to happen)
- mahdollinen adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
French
3 entries- faisable adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- possible adj (able but not certain to happen)
- possible adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Galician
4 entries- posible adj (able but not certain to happen)
- posible adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- posíbel adj (able but not certain to happen)
- posíbel adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Georgian
1 entries- შეიძლება adj (able but not certain to happen)
German
2 entries- möglich adj (able but not certain to happen)
- möglich adj (being considered, e.g. for a position)
Greek
3 entries- δυνατός adj (being considered, e.g. for a position)
- εφικτός adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- πιθανός adj (able but not certain to happen)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hiki adj (able but not certain to happen)
Hebrew
1 entries- אפשרי adj (able but not certain to happen)
Hindi
2 entries- मुमकिन adj (able but not certain to happen)
- संभव adj (able but not certain to happen)
Hungarian
4 entries- lehetséges adj (able but not certain to happen)
- lehetséges adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- lehetséges adj (being considered, e.g. for a position)
- lehető adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Icelandic
3 entries- hægur adj (able but not certain to happen)
- mögulegur adj (able but not certain to happen)
- mögulegur adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Interlingua
2 entries- possibile adj (able but not certain to happen)
- possibile adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Irish
1 entries- féideartha adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Italian
1 entries- possibile adj (able but not certain to happen)
Japanese
3 entries- ありうる adj (able but not certain to happen)
- 可能な adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- 起こり得る adj (able but not certain to happen)
Kashubian
1 entries- mòżlëwi adj (able but not certain to happen)
Kazakh
2 entries- мүмкін adj (able but not certain to happen)
- ықтимал adj (able but not certain to happen)
Khmer
2 entries- អាច adj (able but not certain to happen)
- អាចទៅរួច adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Korean
1 entries- 가능하다 adj (able but not certain to happen)
Latin
1 entries- possibilis adj (able but not certain to happen)
Latvian
3 entries- iespējams adj (able but not certain to happen)
- iespējams adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- veicams adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Lithuanian
1 entries- galimas adj (able but not certain to happen)
Livonian
1 entries- võidõb adj (able but not certain to happen)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- móžny adj (able but not certain to happen)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- méiglech adj (able but not certain to happen)
Macedonian
1 entries- можен adj (able but not certain to happen)
Malagasy
1 entries- haizina adj (able but not certain to happen)
Maltese
1 entries- possibbli adj (able but not certain to happen)
Māori
1 entries- āhei adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Nepali
2 entries- सम्भव adj (able but not certain to happen)
- हुन सक्नु adj (able but not certain to happen)
Norman
1 entries- possibl'ye adj (able but not certain to happen)
Northern Sami
2 entries- vejolaš adj (able but not certain to happen)
- vejolaš adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Old English
1 entries- mihtlīċ adj (able but not certain to happen)
Persian
1 entries- ممکن adj (able but not certain to happen)
Polish
1 entries- możliwy adj (able but not certain to happen)
Portuguese
2 entries- possível adj (able but not certain to happen)
- possível adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Romanian
1 entries- posibil adj (able but not certain to happen)
Russian
4 entries- вероя́тный adj (able but not certain to happen)
- возмо́жный adj (able but not certain to happen)
- возмо́жный adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- выполни́мый adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- izvòdiv adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- izvòdljiv adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- mȍgūć adj (able but not certain to happen)
- ostvàrljiv adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Slovak
1 entries- možný adj (able but not certain to happen)
Slovene
2 entries- mogoč adj (able but not certain to happen)
- možen adj (able but not certain to happen)
Spanish
2 entries- posible adj (able but not certain to happen)
- posible adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Swedish
3 entries- möjlig adj (able but not certain to happen)
- möjlig adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
- möjlig adj (being considered, e.g. for a position)
Tagalog
2 entries- posible adj (able but not certain to happen)
- posible adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Tajik
1 entries- мумкин adj (able but not certain to happen)
Thai
2 entries- เป็นไปได้ adj (able but not certain to happen)
- เป็นไปได้ adj (capable of being done or achieved; feasible)
Turkish
2 entries- mümkün adj (able but not certain to happen)
- olası adj (able but not certain to happen)
Ukrainian
1 entries- можли́вий adj (able but not certain to happen)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- móžny adj (able but not certain to happen)
Urdu
1 entries- ممکن adj (able but not certain to happen)
Uzbek
1 entries- mumkin adj (able but not certain to happen)
Vietnamese
1 entries- có thể adj (able but not certain to happen)
Volapük
1 entries- mögik adj (able but not certain to happen)
Walloon
1 entries- possibe adj (able but not certain to happen)
Welsh
2 entries- dichonadwy adj (able but not certain to happen)
- posib adj (able but not certain to happen)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- мумкин adj (able but not certain to happen)
Yiddish
2 entries- מיגלעך adj (able but not certain to happen)
- מעגלעך adj (able but not certain to happen)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Liberty consists of being able to make everything as harmless as possible.
Source: tatoeba (1868)
You'd better go home as soon as possible.
Source: tatoeba (16505)
Is it possible to take a shuttle bus from the airport to the hotel?
Source: tatoeba (18224)
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