insuperable als bijvoeglijk naamwoord: - 1
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insuperable
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 insuperable
Impossible to surmount.
synoniem: insurmountable.
Roget 471:
impossible;
not possible
etc.
470;
absurd,
contrary to reason;
unlikely;
unreasonable
etc.
477;
incredible
etc.
485;
beyond the bounds of reason,
beyond the bounds of possibility,
beyond the realm of possibility;
from which reason recoils;
visionary;
inconceivable
etc.
(improbable)
473;
prodigious
etc.
(wonderful)
870;
unimaginable,
inimaginable†;
unthinkable.
impracticable unachievable;
unfeasible,
infeasible;
insuperable;
unsurmountable†,
insurmountable;
unattainable,
unobtainable;
out of reach,
out of the question;
not to be had,
not to be thought of;
beyond control;
desperate
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
incompatible
etc.
24;
inaccessible,
uncomeatable†,
impassable,
impervious,
innavigable†,
inextricable;
self-contradictory.
out of one's power,
beyond one's power,
beyond one's depth,
beyond one's reach,
beyond one's grasp;
too much for;
ultra crepidam [Lat.].
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2 insuperable
Incapable of being surmounted or excelled:
— Insuperable odds.
— Insuperable heroes.
synoniem: unconquerable.
zelfstandig naamwoord
Roget 706:
prevention,
preclusion,
obstruction,
stoppage;
embolus,
embolism [Med.];
infarct [Med.];
interruption,
interception,
interclusion†;
hindrance,
impedition†;
retardment†,
retardation;
embarrassment,
oppilation†;
coarctation†,
stricture,
restriction;
restraint
etc.
751;
inhibition
etc.
761;
blockade
etc.
(closure)
261.
interference,
interposition;
obtrusion;
discouragement,
discountenance.
impediment,
let,
obstacle,
obstruction,
knot,
knag†;
check,
hitch,
contretemps,
screw loose,
grit in the oil.
bar,
stile,
barrier;
[barrier to vehicles]
turnstile,
turnpike;
gate,
portcullis.
beaver dam;
trocha†;
barricade
etc.
(defense)
717;
wall,
dead wall,
sea wall,
levee breakwater,
groyne†;
bulkhead,
block,
buffer;
stopper
etc.
263;
boom,
dam,
weir,
burrock†.
drawback,
objection;
stumbling-block,
stumbling-stone;
lion in the path,
snag;
snags and sawyers.
encumbrance,
incumbrance†;
clog,
skid,
shoe,
spoke;
drag,
drag chain,
drag weight;
stay,
stop;
preventive,
prophylactic;
load,
burden,
fardel†,
onus,
millstone round one's neck,
impedimenta;
dead weight;
lumber,
pack;
nightmare,
Ephialtes†,
incubus,
old man of the sea;
remora.
difficulty
etc.
704;
insuperable
etc.
471;
obstacle;
estoppel [Law];
ill wind;
head wind
etc.
(opposition)
708;
trammel,
tether
etc.
(means of restraint)
752;
hold back,
counterpoise.
[person who hinders]
damper,
wet blanket,
hinderer,
marplot,
killjoy;
party pooper [Coll.];
party crasher,
interloper.
trail of a red herring;
opponent
etc.
710.
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