small chance

NOUN

dark horse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

also-ran long shot sleeper underdog

WEAK

hundred-to-one shot improbability little chance little opportunity outside chance outside shot poor bet poor lookout poor possibility poor prognosis poor prospect slim chance stalking horse unexpected winner unknown unknown quantity unlikelihood unlikely winner upsetter

NOUN

fat chance

Synonyms

WEAK

chance in a million ghost of a chance impossible no chance no way not a prayer poor outlook poor possibility poor prospect slim chance snowball's chance in hell unthinkable very little chance when hell freezes over

NOUN

long shot

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fluke

WEAK

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

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There’s only a small chance of measurable rain for Orange County, the Inland Empire and the San Diego County coast.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

"I felt that if there was even a small chance that it could revive an entire class of antifungal medicine, we had to explore it."

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

Canadian money markets only price a small chance of a rate cut during the first half of this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Currently the forecast is for east-southeasterly winds but there is a very small chance that we get east-northeasterlies instead.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

“I said there was a small chance something could go wrong.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

small chance

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