| Main Entry: | feasibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practicability |
Synonyms: |
expediency, feasibleness, usefulness, utility, workability |
| Main Entry: | probability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | likelihood of something happening |
Synonyms: |
anticipation, chance, chances, conceivability, contingency, credibility, expectation, feasibility, hazard, liability, likeliness, odds, outside chance, plausibility, possibility, practicability, prayer, presumption, promise, prospect, reasonableness, shot, snowball's chance, toss-up |
Antonyms: |
improbability, unlikelihood |
| Concept: | Probability. |
| Category: | Degrees of Evidence |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
probability, likelihood; credibleness; likeliness., vraisemblance, verisimilitude, plausibility; color, semblance, show of; presumption; presumptive evidence, circumstantial evidence; credibility., reasonable chance, fair chance, good chance, favorable chance, reasonable prospect, fair prospect, good prospect, favorable prospect; prospect, wellgrounded hope; chance.
-verbs
be probable; give color to, lend color to; point to; imply (evidence); bid fair (promise); stand fair for; stand a good chance, run a good chance., think likely, dare say, flatter oneself; expect; count upon (believe).
-adjectives
probable, likely, hopeful, to be expected, in a fair way., plausible, specious, ostensible, colorable, ben trovato, well-founded, reasonable, credible, easy of belief, presumable, presumptive, apparent.
-adverbs
probably; belike; in all probability, in all likelihood; very likely, most likely; like enough; ten to one; apparently, seemingly, according to every reasonable expectation; prima facie; to all appearance (to the eye).
-phrases
the chances, the odds are; appearances are in favor of, chances are in favor of; there is reason to believe, there is reason to think, there is reason to expect; I dare say; all
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Antonyms: |
improbability |
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