Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

by no stretch of the imagination

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
by no stretch of the imag-i-na-tion
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Synonym of by no means: certainly not, definitely not, not by any means.

prep_phrase

Synonym of in no way: never ever, not for any reason; in no sense.

Inflected Forms

by no stretch (alternative) by no stretch of imagination (alternative)

Phrases

by any stretch of the imagination

Frequently Paired Words

by any stretch of the imagination

Synonyms

by no means in no way

Questions

What does by no stretch of the imagination mean?
Synonym of by no means: certainly not, definitely not, not by any means.

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