different between impressive vs impressible

impressive

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m?p??s?v/
  • Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

impressive (comparative more impressive, superlative most impressive)

  1. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress
    an impressive speech
    an impressive movie
  2. Capable of being impressed.
  3. Appealing.

Antonyms

  • unimpressive

Derived terms

  • impressiveness

Related terms

  • impression

Translations

Anagrams

  • permissive

impressive From the web:

  • what impressive means


impressible

English

Etymology

impress +? -ible

Adjective

impressible

  1. Capable of being impressed; susceptible of receiving impression.
  2. Capable of creating an impression. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related terms

  • impressibility
  • impressibleness
  • impressibly

Translations

References

  • impressible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • permissible

impressible From the web:

  • implausible meaning
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  • what does implausible mean
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