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1. possiblenoun

   Antonyms:
   impossible, no-go

   Synonyms:
   option, possibility

2. possiblenoun

   Able but not certain to happen; not impossible.

   Antonyms:
   no-go, impossible

   Synonyms:
   option, possibility

3. possiblenoun

   Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.

   Jones is a possible for the new opening in sales.

   Antonyms:
   no-go, impossible

   Synonyms:
   option, possibility

4. possibleadjective

   Being considered, e.g. for a position.

   Jones and Smith are both possible for the opening in sales.

   Synonyms:
   possibility, option

   Antonyms:
   impossible, no-go

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1. possiblenoun

   something that can be done

   «politics is the art of the possible»

   Antonyms:
   undoable, hopeless, unattainable, infeasible, unworkable, unachievable, unfeasible, unrealizable, impossible, out(p), impracticable

2. possibleadjective

   an applicant who might be suitable

   Antonyms:
   impossible, out(p), unachievable, unrealizable, unattainable, unworkable, hopeless, infeasible, unfeasible, undoable, impracticable

3. possibleadjective

   capable of happening or existing

   «a breakthrough may be possible next year»; «anything is possible»; «warned of possible consequences»

   Antonyms:
   unachievable, unrealizable, impossible, out(p), unfeasible, undoable, infeasible, impracticable, hopeless, unattainable, unworkable

   Synonyms:
   potential

4. potential, possibleadjective

   existing in possibility

   «a potential problem»; «possible uses of nuclear power»

   Antonyms:
   out(p), impossible, unfeasible, impracticable, undoable, unachievable, unrealizable, hopeless, infeasible, unattainable, unworkable

   Synonyms:
   potential, possible, likely

How to use Possible in a sentence?

1. Philippe Couillard:

   How is it possible that the Caisse can invest around the world, Australia, Vancouver and elsewhere in infrastructure, but for a reason that seems difficult for me to understand it is impossible in Quebec.

2. Jose Ortega y Gasset:

   We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness it is always urgent, ‘here and now,’ without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.

3. Karin Keller-Sutter:

   I have come to the realization in recent weeks that a globally active, systemically important bank cannot simply be wound up according to the ‘too big to fail’ plan, legally, this would be possible. In practice, however, the economic damage would be considerable.

4. Sean Coughlin:

   The problem is a simple one. Normally, when you follow a recipe, you kind of know what you’re supposed to get. When you reproduce a historical recipe, you have no target, what we’re really trying to do is use organic chemistry to be able to tell us something about the process, because we think that the process was actually what would determine the range of possible scents.

5. Joseph Fair:

   We went from half the population believing that this wasn’t a real disease and was a possible hoax to everyone more or less believing that this is a real disease and learning how it is transmitted, it’s really helping stabilize the spread, along with open beds.

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