Fantastic
Fantastic adjective - Too extraordinary or improbable to believe.
Usage example: concocted some fantastic story to try to explain why they had returned home so late
Probable
Probable adjective - Worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable.
Usage example: the counselor could find no probable reason for the girl's bizarre actions
Both words in one sentence
- Later historians could note that the numbers given by Herodotus, especially for Xerxes' army, are too fantastic to be true, but are left to speculate as to what the actual ones may have been according to what they think is probable.
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