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probability - 16 thesaurus results
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 Thesaurus
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 [more].
-verbs
be probable; give color to, lend color to; point to; imply (evidence) [more]; bid fair (promise) [more]; stand fair for; stand a good chance, run a good chance., think likely, dare say, flatter oneself; expect [more]; count upon (believe) [more].
-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) [more].
-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
Antonyms: improbability
Main Entry: contingency
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: chance happening; possibility
Synonyms: accident, break, chance, crisis, crossroads, emergency, event, eventuality, exigency, fortuity, happening, if it's cool, incident, juncture, likelihood, occasion, odds, opportunity, pass, pinch, predicament, probability, strait, turning point, uncertainty, zero hour*
Antonyms: certainty, definiteness, reality, surety, truth
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
Main Entry: expectancy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: anticipation
Synonyms: assumption, assurance, belief, calculation, confidence, conjecture, expectation, hope, likelihood, outlook, prediction, presentation, presentiment, presumption, probability, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, looking forward, waiting
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
Main Entry: opportunity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lucky chance; favorable circumstances
Synonyms: befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake*, fighting chance*, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack*
Antonyms: bad luck, misfortune
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
Main Entry: law of averages
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: theory of probability
Synonyms: probability, actuarial calculation, statistical probability, stochastics
Main Entry: statistical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: mathematical
Synonyms: analytical, probability, arithmetical, demographic, numerical
Main Entry: presumption
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief, hypothesis
Synonyms: anticipation, assumption, basis, chance, conjecture, grounds, guess, likelihood, opinion, postulate, premise, probability, reason, shot, shot in the dark*, stab, supposition, surmise, suspicion, thesis, apriorism, plausibility, posit, postulation, presupposition, sneaking suspicion
Antonyms: reality, truth
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: 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
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