| 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: | Probability. |
| Category: | Degrees of Evidence |
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.
-verbs
be probable; give color to, lend color to; point to; imply (evidence); bid fair (promise); stand fair for; stand a good chance, run a good chance., think likely, dare say, flatter oneself; expect; count upon (believe).
-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).
-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
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Antonyms: |
improbability |
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| 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: |
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: | expectancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anticipation |
Synonyms: |
assumption, assurance, belief, calculation, confidence, conjecture, expectation, hope, likelihood, looking forward, outlook, prediction, presentation, presentiment, presumption, probability, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view, 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, looking forward, motive, notion, outlook, possibility, prediction, presumption, probability, promise, prospect, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspense, trust, view |
| 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: | 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 |