| Main Entry: | dark horse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remote possibility |
Synonyms: |
also-ran, hundred-to-one shot, improbability, little chance, little opportunity, long shot, outside chance, outside shot, poor bet, poor lookout, poor possibility, poor prognosis, poor prospect, sleeper, slim chance, small chance, stalking horse, underdog, unexpected winner, unknown, unknown quantity, unlikelihood, unlikely winner, upsetter |
| Main Entry: | gamble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance, speculation |
Synonyms: |
action, bet, fling, leap*, long shot, lottery, outside chance, raffle, risk, shot in the dark, spec, stab*, throw of the dice, toss up, uncertainty, venture, wager |
| Notes: | a gamble (noun) is a risky act, venture, bet, or wager - to gamble (verb) is to take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; a gambol (noun) a skipping or leaping about in frolic - to gambol (verb) is to dance and skip about in play or to frolic |
Antonyms: |
design, guard, insurance, plan, protection, safeguard |
| Main Entry: | improbable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not likely |
Synonyms: |
doubtful, dubious, fanciful, far-fetched, flimsy*, hundred-to-one, iffy, implausible, inconceivable, not expected, outside chance, questionable, rare, slim, slim and none, unbelievable, uncertain, unconvincing, unheard of, unimaginable, unlikely, unsubstantial, weak |
Antonyms: |
believable, likely, ostensible, plausible, possible, probable, tenable |
| Main Entry: | likelihood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance of something happening |
Synonyms: |
coin flip, direction, even break, fair shake, fifty-fifty, fighting chance, good chance, liability, likeliness, long shot, outside chance, plausibility, possibility, presumption, probability, prospect, reasonableness, shot at, strong possibility, tendency, toss-up, trend |
Antonyms: |
unlikelihood |
| Main Entry: | long shot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unlikely winner |
Synonyms: |
chance hit, fluke, hundred-to-one shot, little chance, long odds, lucky shot, no chance, off-chance, one in a million, one in a million, outside chance, poor bed, slim chance, small chance |
| Main Entry: | possibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feasibility, likelihood; chance |
Synonyms: |
achievability, action, attainableness, break, circumstance, contingency, fair shake, fifty-fifty, fling*, fluke, fortuity, happening, hazard, hope, incident, instance, liability, likeliness, occasion, occurrence, odds, opportunity, outside chance, plausibility, play*, potentiality, practicability, prayer*, probability, prospect, risk*, shot*, stab*, toss-up, workableness |
Antonyms: |
impossibility, impossible, unfeasibility, unlikelihood |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | unlikely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not probable |
Synonyms: |
absurd, contrary, doubtful, dubious, faint, implausible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, not likely, out of the ordinary, outside chance, questionable, rare, remote, slight, strange, unbelievable, unconvincing, unheard-of, unimaginable, untoward |
Antonyms: |
imaginable, likely, probably |
| Main Entry: | wager |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money or something gambled |
Synonyms: |
action, ante, bet, challenge, chunk, fifty-fifty, fighting chance, flyer, gamble, handle, hazard, hedge, hunch, long shot, odds on, outside chance, parlay, play, pledge, plunge, pot, risk, stake, toss-up, venture |
| Main Entry: | fighting chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance for success with great effort |
Synonyms: |
bare possibility, gambling chance, outside chance, remote possibility, slim chance |