| Main Entry: | possibilities |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | potential |
Synonyms: |
capabilities, potentiality, promise, prospects, talent |
Antonyms: |
impossible |
| 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: | possibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
subject, accessible, achievable, apt to, at the mercy of, attainable, compatible, compossible, conceivable, contingent, credible, dependent on, exposed to, feasible, in danger, in posse, incident to, incidental, liable, magari, obnoxious to, obtainable, on the cards, on the dice, open to, peradventure, performable, possible, practicable, superable, surmountable, tessarian, unexempt from, within range of, within reach, within the bounds of possibility
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| Concept: | Possibility. |
| Category: | Degrees of Evidence |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
possibility, potentiality; what may be, what is possible; compatibility (agreement)., practicability, feasibility; practicableness contingency, chance [more].
-verbs
be possible; stand a chance; admit of, bear., render possible; put in the way of.
-adjectives
possible; in the cards, on the dice; in posse, within the bounds of possibility, conceivable, credible; compatible; likely., practicable, feasible, performable, achievable; within reach, within measurable distance; accessible, superable, surmountable; attainable, obtainable; contingent (doubtful), (effect) [more].
-adverbs
possibly, by possibility; perhaps, perchance, peradventure; maybe, may be, haply, mayhap., if possible, wind and weather permitting, God willing, Deo volente, D.V.; as luck may have it.
-phrases
misericordia Domini inter pontem et fontent; "the glories of the Possible are ours" [B. Taylor].
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Antonyms: |
impossibility |
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| Main Entry: | candidate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person desiring political office, job |
Synonyms: |
applicant, aspirant, bidder, claimant, competitor, contender, contestant, dark horse, entrant, favorite son, handshaker, hopeful*, job-hunter, nominee, office-seeker, petitioner, possibility, possible choice, pothunter, runner, seeker, solicitant, stumper, successor, suitor, whistle-stopper, write-in |
| Main Entry: | credibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believeableness |
Synonyms: |
believability, chance, integrity, likelihood, plausibility, possibility, probability, prospect, reliability, satisfactoriness, solidity, solidness, soundness, tenability, trustworthiness, validity |
| Notes: | something is credible to the extent that it is worthy of belief, so that credibility is worthiness of belief; credence is an acknowledgment of such worthiness |
Antonyms: |
implausibility, improbability, unreasonableness |
| Main Entry: | danger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hazard, troublesome situation |
Synonyms: |
clouds, crisis, double trouble, dynamite, emergency, endangerment, exigency, exposure, hot potato, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, precariousness, precipice, probability, risk, risky business, slipperiness, storm, thin ice, threat, uncertainty, venture, vulnerability |
Antonyms: |
care, carefulness, guard, preservation, safety, security |
| Main Entry: | eventuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that probably will happen |
Synonyms: |
aftereffect, aftermath, any case, case, chance, consequence, contingency, effect, event, go-down, goings-on, happening, issue, likelihood, outcome, possibility, probability, result, sequel, toss-up, upshot |
Antonyms: |
improbability, unlikelihood |
| Main Entry: | expectation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, anticipation |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, assumption, assurance, calculation, chance, confidence, conjecture, design, expectancy, fear, forecast, hope, intention, likelihood, looking forward, motive, notion, outlook, possibility, prediction, presumption, probability, promise, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view |
| Main Entry: | field |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | persons taking part in competition |
Synonyms: |
applicants, candidates, competition, competitors, contestants, entrants, entries, nominees, participants, possibilities, runners |