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| Main Entry: | possibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feasibility, likelihood; chance |
| Synonyms: | action, break, circumstance, contingency, fair shake*, fling*, fluke*, happening, hazard, hope, incident, instance, liability, occasion, occurrence, odds*, opportunity, play*, prayer*, probability, prospect, risk*, shot*, stab*, toss-up, achievability, attainableness, fifty-fifty*, fortuity, likeliness, outside chance, plausibility, potentiality, practicability, workableness |
| Antonyms: | impossibility, impossible, unfeasibility, unlikelihood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | possibilities |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | potential |
| Synonyms: | promise, talent, capabilities, potentiality, prospects |
| Antonyms: | impossible |
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| 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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-nouns
-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 [more]; likely., practicable, feasible, performable, achievable; within reach, within measurable distance; accessible, superable, surmountable; attainable, obtainable; contingent (doubtful) [more], (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 |
| Main Entry: | candidate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person desiring political office, job |
| Synonyms: | applicant, aspirant, claimant, competitor, contestant, dark horse*, entrant, hopeful*, nominee, possibility, runner, successor, suitor, bidder, contender, favorite son, handshaker, job-hunter, office-seeker, petitioner, possible choice, pothunter, seeker, solicitant, stumper, whistle-stopper, write-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | credibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | believeableness |
| Synonyms: | chance, integrity, likelihood, possibility, probability, prospect, reliability, soundness, validity, believability, plausibility, satisfactoriness, solidity, solidness, tenability, trustworthiness |
| 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: | improbability, implausibility, unreasonableness |
| Main Entry: | danger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hazard, troublesome situation |
| Synonyms: | crisis, dynamite, emergency, exigency, exposure, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, precipice, probability, risk, storm, threat, uncertainty, venture, clouds, double trouble, endangerment, hot potato, precariousness, risky business, slipperiness, thin ice, vulnerability |
| Antonyms: | care, guard, preservation, safety, security, carefulness |
| Main Entry: | eventuality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that probably will happen |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, case, chance, consequence, contingency, effect, event, happening, issue, likelihood, outcome, possibility, probability, result, sequel, toss-up, upshot*, aftereffect, any case, go-down, goings-on |
| Antonyms: | improbability, unlikelihood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, motive, notion, outlook, possibility, prediction, presumption, probability, promise, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, looking forward |
| Main Entry: | likelihood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance of something happening |
| Synonyms: | direction, fair shake, fighting chance*, liability, long shot*, possibility, presumption, probability, prospect, tendency, toss-up, trend, coin flip, even break, fifty-fifty*, good chance, likeliness, outside chance, plausibility, reasonableness, shot at, strong possibility |
| Antonyms: | unlikelihood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | risk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance taken |
| Synonyms: | accident, contingency, danger, exposure, flyer*, fortune, gamble, hazard, jeopardy, liability, luck, opportunity, peril, plunge, possibility, prospect, shot in the dark*, speculation, stab*, uncertainty, venture, wager, exposedness, fortuity, header, liableness, openness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, safety, surety, sureness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surmise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guess, conclusion |
| Synonyms: | assumption, attempt, conjecture, deduction, hunch, hypothesis, idea, inference, notion, opinion, possibility, presumption, speculation, supposition, suspicion, theory, thought, guesstimate, guesswork, sneaking suspicion |
| Antonyms: | calculation, knowledge, measurement |
| Main Entry: | occasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
| Synonyms: | break*, convenience, demand, excuse, incident, instant, moment, need, occurrence, opening, opportunity, possibility, season, shot*, show, time, use |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prospect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outlook for future |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, calculation, chance, contemplation, expectancy, expectation, forecast, future, hope, likelihood, odds, opening, plan, possibility, presumption, probability, promise, proposal, thought, in the cards, irons in the fire |
| Main Entry: | hazard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luck, chance |
| Synonyms: | accident, adventure, coincidence, dynamite, fling*, fluke*, go*, long shot, lucky break*, misfortune, mishap, possibility, risk, stroke of luck*, toss-up, venture, wager, hundred-to-one, lucky hit, risky business, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
| Antonyms: | assurance, certainty, determination, fact, proof, reality, surety |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | liability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden, debt |
| Synonyms: | IOU*, account, bad news*, baggage*, balance, bite*, chance, chit*, contingency, contract, damage, debit, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, due*, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, indebtedness, involvement, lease, loan, millstone*, minus, misfortune, mortgage, nuisance, obligation, onus, pledge, possibility, remainder, responsibility, tab, arrear, arrearage, indebtment |
| Antonyms: | asset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
| Synonyms: | connection, cut*, fling*, go*, occasion, opportunity, place, possibility, run, scope, shot*, show, squeak*, time, vacancy, whack*, availability, big break, go-at, in the running, iron in the fire, look-in |
| Antonyms: | misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outlook |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | probable future |
| Synonyms: | chance, expectation, forecast, law of averages*, likelihood, opening, opportunity, possibility, probability, prospect, risk, appearances, normal course, prospects |
| Antonyms: | past |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alternative, recourse |
| Synonyms: | chance, course, device, expedient, hope, makeshift, opportunity, possibility, reference, refuge, relief, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute, surrogate, expediency |
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