[syn: insuperable, insurmountable]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Insurmountable \In`sur*mount"a*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not +
surmountable: cf. F. insurmountable.]
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome;
insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.
--Locke.
[1913 Webster]
Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that
difficulty is insurmountable. --I. Watts.
Syn: Insuperable; impassable; invincible.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
insurmountable
adj 1: not capable of being surmounted or overcome;
"insurmountable disadvantages" [syn: insurmountable,
unsurmountable] [ant: surmountable]
2: impossible to surmount [syn: insuperable, insurmountable]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "insurmountable":
beyond one, impassable, impracticable, impractical, indomitable,
inoperable, insuperable, invincible, too much for, unachievable,
unattainable, uncompassable, unconquerable, undoable, uneffectible,
unnegotiable, unperformable, unrealizable, unsurmountable,
unworkable