different between extraordinary vs unbelievable

English

Alternative forms

• extra-ordinary
• extraördinary (rare)

Etymology

From Latin extr??rdin?rius, from extr? ?rdinem (“outside the order”); equivalent to extra- +? ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ks?t???(?)d?n??i/, /?ks?t???(?)d?n?i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n??i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n?i/
• Hyphenation: ex?traor?di?na?ry

Adjective

extraordinary (comparative more extraordinary, superlative most extraordinary)

1. Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
2. Remarkably good.

3. Special or supernumerary.

   the physician extraordinary in a royal household

   an extraordinary professor in a German university

Synonyms

• exceptional
• unparalleled
• noteworthy
• outstanding

Antonyms

• everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual

Derived terms

• extraordinary optical transmission
• extraordinary professor
• extraordinary rendition

Translations

Noun

extraordinary (plural extraordinaries)

1. Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
   • 1787, The New Annual Register

     […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.

English

Etymology

From un- +? believable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nb??li?v?bl?/

Adjective

unbelievable (comparative more unbelievable, superlative most unbelievable)

1. Not to be believed.
2. Incredible; so surprising it is almost unable to believe.

   The most unbelievable thing happened to me today!

   This restaurant makes unbelievable pizza!

3. Implausible or improbable.

   His excuse seems rather unbelievable.

   Synonyms: improbable, infeasible, unlikely

   Antonyms: feasible, likely, plausible, probable

Derived terms

• unbelievably

Translations