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synonyms for long shot

  • fluke
  • chance hit
  • hundred-to-one shot
  • little chance
  • long odds
  • lucky shot
  • no chance
  • off-chance
  • one in a million
  • outside chance
  • poor bed
  • slim chance
  • small chance
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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to long shot, such as: fluke, chance hit, hundred-to-one shot, little chance, long odds, and lucky shot.

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How to use long shot in a sentence

A mile then was a long shot for the largest guns, and the Yankee cruisers had made a fair start.
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUS
You have a lot of soreheads to handle, here and at the division shops, and it isn't all their fault, not by a long shot.
THE WRECKERSFRANCIS LYNDE
Not that he or anybody else can tell me all about you—not by a long shot; I know boys and young men well enough for that.
AND SO THEY WERE MARRIEDFLORENCE MORSE KINGSLEY
Gavegan had grumbled to himself that it was only a thousand to one shot; but luck had been with him, and his long shot had won.
CHILDREN OF THE WHIRLWINDLEROY SCOTT
The actual limit is when the star has reached the density of a neutron, and this star hasn't collapsed that far by a long shot.
ISLANDS OF SPACEJOHN W CAMPBELL
It is the most wonderful thing I ever heard of; by a long shot the most wonderful—and unexpected.'
LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI, COMPLETEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
The long shot kicked up a lot of spray around the fleet American vessel, but it was of no use.
FAMOUS PRIVATEERSMEN AND ADVENTURERS OF THE SEACHARLES H. L. JOHNSTON
“Not by a long shot,” he went on with energy, and a conviction for which he could not at the moment see any tangible foundation.
THE BOY FROM HOLLOW HUTISLA MAY MULLINS
Youve got your faults, George, as all of us have, but being a coward isnt one of them by a long shot.
MOTOR BOAT BOYS DOWN THE DANUBELOUIS ARUNDEL
Anastasio and I ran down a bit, and I tried a long shot at the leading ram.
HUNTING IN MANY LANDSVARIOUS
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WORDS RELATED TO LONG SHOT

  • action
  • ante
  • betting
  • chance
  • down on
  • hazard
  • long shot
  • lot
  • lottery
  • odds
  • odds-on
  • parlay
  • play
  • pledge
  • plunge
  • pot
  • raffle
  • random shot
  • risk
  • shot
  • shot in the dark
  • speculation
  • stake
  • sweepstakes
  • uncertainty
  • venture
  • wager
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.