Definitions

probability

[prob-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌprɒb əˈbɪl ɪ ti /

NOUN

likelihood of something happening

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anticipation chance contingency expectation feasibility odds possibility prospect

STRONG

chances conceivability credibility hazard liability likeliness plausibility practicability prayer presumption promise reasonableness shot toss-up

WEAK

outside chance snowball's chance

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certainty unlikelihood

STRONG

reality

WEAK

improbability

Example Sentences

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Concerning which, I must own, I have hitherto been able to find out nothing that has the least show of PROBABILITY, not to mention CERTAINTY.

From A Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision by Berkeley, George

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