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| Main Entry: | possible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likely, attainable |
| Synonyms: | accessible, achievable, adventitious, advisable, available, breeze*, cinch, conceivable, credible, dependent, desirable, dormant, duck soup*, easy as pie*, expedient, feasible, fortuitous, hopeful, hypothetical, imaginable, indeterminate, latent, obtainable, piece of cake*, potential, practicable, probable, promising, pushover*, setup, snap, thinkable, uncertain, viable, welcome, workable, can do, doable, no sweat, realizable, simple as ABC, within reach |
| Notes: | feasible means capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are; possible means capable of happening or existing; probable means likely but not certain to be or become true or real possible means it could happen or be done; probable means it is likely to happen |
| Antonyms: | impossible, unlikely, unattainable, ungettable, unrealizable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accessible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approachable; ready for use |
| Synonyms: | attainable, available, door's always open, employable, exposed, getatable, handy, near, obtainable, open, operative, possible, practicable, public, reachable, susceptible, unrestricted, usable |
| Antonyms: | inaccessible, limited, restricted |
| Main Entry: | admissible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able or deserving of consideration; allowable |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, applicable, appropriate, fair, fitting, just, justifiable, lawful, legal, legitimate, licit, likely, logical, okay, passable, permissible, permitted, pertinent, possible, probable, proper, rational, reasonable, relevant, right, suitable, tolerable, warranted, worthy, allowed, concedable, not impossible, not unlikely, tolerated |
| Antonyms: | illegitimate, inadmissible, inapplicable, irrelevant, unfair, unjust, unsuitable, wrong |
| Main Entry: | attainable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within reach; achievable |
| Synonyms: | accessible, at hand, available, duck soup*, easy, feasible, likely, obtainable, piece of cake*, possible, potential, practicable, probable, procurable, reachable, accomplishable, cherry pie, gettable, no problem, no sweat, realizable, securable |
| Antonyms: | unachieveable, unattainable, unreachable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | available |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ready for use |
| Synonyms: | accessible, achievable, applicable, at hand, at one's disposal, attainable, come-at-able, convenient, derivable from, feasible, free, getatable, handy, obtainable, on deck, on hand, on tap*, open to, possible, prepared, procurable, purchasable, reachable, ready willing and able, realizable, securable, serviceable, up for grabs, usable, vacant |
| Antonyms: | unavailable, unhandy, unobtainable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | believable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trustworthy |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, acceptable, authentic, conceivable, convincing, credible, creditable, fiduciary, honest-to-God*, imaginable, impressive, likely, persuasive, plausible, possible, presumable, presumptive, probable, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfying, straight, tenable, tried, trusty, unquestionable, up front, colorable, credential, supposable |
| Antonyms: | inconceivable, incredible, unconvincing, unreliable, unthinkable, unbelieveable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conceivable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonable, easy to understand |
| Synonyms: | believable, convincing, credible, earthly, imaginable, likely, mortal, possible, probable, thinkable, supposable |
| Antonyms: | difficult, inconceivable, unbelievable, unimaginable, unreasonable, unthinkable |
| Main Entry: | convincing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | persuasive |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, authentic, cogent, conclusive, credible, dependable, faithful, hopeful, impressive, incontrovertible, likely, moving, plausible, possible, powerful, presumable, probable, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfactory, satisfying, solid, sound, telling, trustworthy, trusty, valid, believeable, swaying |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, dubious, implausible, improbable, incredible, unconvincing, unlikely, unpersuasive |
| Main Entry: | credible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believable |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, conceivable, conclusive, creditable, dependable, honest, imaginable, likely, plausible, possible, probable, probably, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfactory, satisfying, seeming, sincere, solid, sound, straight, tenable, thinkable, trustworthy, trusty, up front, valid, colorable, determinative, honest to God, supposable |
| Antonyms: | implausible, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unlikely, untenable |
| Main Entry: | eventual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future, concluding |
| Synonyms: | conditional, consequent, contingent, dependent, ending, ensuing, final, hindmost, indirect, inevitable, last, later, latter, overall, possible, prospective, secondary, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, vicarious, closing, down the pike, down the road, endmost, in the cards, resulting, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | expedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthwhile, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, advantageous, advisable, beneficial, convenient, desirable, discreet, effective, feasible, fit, fitting, helpful, judicious, meet, opportune, politic, possible, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, prudent, seasonable, suitable, tactical, timely, useful, utilitarian, wise |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, inexpedient, unprofitable, unbeneficial, unworthwhile |
| Main Entry: | imminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
| Synonyms: | approaching, close, coming, expectant, following, forthcoming, gathering, immediate, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, possible, probable, threatening, unavoidable, about to happen, brewing, fast-approaching, handwriting-on-the-wall, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, inevasible, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, see it coming, to come, unescapable |
| Antonyms: | distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| Main Entry: | latent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant, hidden |
| Synonyms: | concealed, covert, idle, immature, implied, inactive, inert, inferential, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexpressed, unripe, unseen, veiled, abeyant, between the lines, contained, in abeyance, inferred, smoldering, suppressed, unexposed, unrealized, vestigial |
| Antonyms: | active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public |
| Main Entry: | likely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | probable, apt, hopeful |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, achievable, anticipated, attainable, conceivable, credible, destined, disposed, expected, fair, favorite, feasible, given to, imaginable, inclined, liable, ostensible, plausible, possible, practicable, predisposed, presumable, promising, prone, rational, reasonable, seeming, subject to, tending, thinkable, true, up-and-coming*, workable, assuring, believeable, conjecturable, in favor of, in the cards, in the habit of, inferable, odds-on, on the verge of, supposable, verisimilar |
| Antonyms: | implausible, inapt, unforeseeable, unlikely |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plausible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonable, believable |
| Synonyms: | conceivable, credible, creditable, likely, logical, persuasive, possible, presumable, probable, smooth, sound, tenable, valid, like enough, supposable, very likely |
| Antonyms: | implausible, improbable, unbelievable, unlikely, unreasonable |
| Main Entry: | potential |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising |
| Synonyms: | budding, conceivable, dormant, embryonic, future, hidden, imaginable, implied, inherent, latent, likely, lurking, plausible, possible, probable, quiescent, thinkable, undeveloped, abeyant, prepatent, unrealized, within realm of possibility |
| Antonyms: | helpless, impossible, lacking, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | practicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | within the realm of possibility |
| Synonyms: | accessible, achievable, applicable, attainable, feasible, functional, handy, open, operative, possible, practical, serviceable, usable, useful, viable, workable, doable, employable, performable, utile, utilizable |
| Antonyms: | impossible, impracticable, unreasonable, unattainable, unworkable |
| Main Entry: | probable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likely to happen |
| Synonyms: | apparent, believable, credible, earthly, feasible, illusory, mortal, ostensible, plausible, possible, presumable, rational, reasonable, seeming, in the cards, most likely, odds-on, presumed |
| Antonyms: | improbable, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | prospective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anticipated, potential |
| Synonyms: | approaching, coming, considered, destined, eventual, expected, forthcoming, future, imminent, impending, intended, likely, planned, possible, promised, proposed, about to be, awaited, hoped-for, looked-for, soon-to-be, to be, to come |
| Antonyms: | agreed, concurred |
| Main Entry: | thinkable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believable, feasible |
| Synonyms: | comprehensible, conceivable, convincing, imaginable, likely, possible, practicable, practical, presumable, reasonable, cogitable, comprehendible, supposable, within realm of possibility, within the limits |
| Antonyms: | impossible, inconceivable, unbelievable, unfeasible, unlikely, unthinkable |
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