Main Entry:
likelihood [lahyk-lee-hood]
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: chance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: possibility, probability
Synonyms: break, contingency, fair shake, fighting chance, indications, liability, likelihood, long shot, look-in, occasion, odds, opening, opportunity, outlook, prospect, scope, shot*, show, squeak, time, wager
Antonyms: assurance, certainty, design, law, plan, scheme
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: 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: liability
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: chance, probability
Synonyms: exposure, likelihood, openness, proneness, susceptibility, tendency, vulnerability, vulnerableness
Main Entry: odds
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: probability
Synonyms: balance, chances, favor, likelihood, superiority, toss-up
Antonyms: improbability, unlikelihood
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