insuperable

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=su=per=a=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

insuperable, a. [L. insuperabilis: cf. OF. insuperable. See In- not, and Superable.].

 Incapable of being passed over or surmounted; insurmountable; as, insuperable difficulties.  [1913 Webster]
"And middle natures, how they long to join,
Yet never pass the insuperable line?"  [1913 Webster]
"The difficulty is enhanced, or is . . . insuperable."

Syn. -- Impassable; insurmountable; unconquerable.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

insuperable, adj.
1 (of a barrier) impossible to surmount.
2 (of a difficulty etc.) impossible to overcome.

Derivative

insuperability n. insuperably adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF insuperable or L insuperabilis (as IN-(1), SUPERABLE)

THESAURUS

insuperable

beyond one, impassable, impenetrable, impracticable, impractical, impregnable, incontestable, indomitable, inexpugnable, inoperable, insurmountable, invincible, inviolable, invulnerable, irresistible, overpowering, overwhelming, resistless, too much for, unachievable, unassailable, unattainable, unbeatable, uncompassable, unconquerable, undoable, uneffectible, unnegotiable, unperformable, unrealizable, unsubduable, unsurmountable, unsurpassable, unworkable, unyielding

ROGET THESAURUS

insuperable

Hindrance

N hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, 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, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.

Impossibility

N impossibility, what cannot, what can never be, sour grapes, hopelessness, impossible, not possible, absurd, contrary to reason, unlikely, unreasonable, incredible, beyond the bounds of reason, beyond the bounds of possibility, beyond the realm of possibility, from which reason recoils, visionary, inconceivable, prodigious, 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, incompatible, 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, the grapes are sour, non possumus, non nostrum tantas componere lites, look for a needle in a haystack, chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin, il a le mer +a boire.