PROBABILITY Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word probability. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PROBABILITY
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| chance | nounn | |||||||
noun • a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another • a risk involving danger • a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible • the possibility of future success adjective satellite • occurring or appearing or singled out by chance verb • be the case by chance • take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome • come upon, as if by accident; meet with | ||||||||
| likelihood | nounn | |||||||
noun • the probability of a specified outcome | ||||||||
| odds | nounn | |||||||
noun • the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring • the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another | ||||||||
| possibility | nounn | |||||||
noun • a future prospect or potential • capability of existing or happening or being true • a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena • a possible alternative | ||||||||
| prospect | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the possibility of future success • belief about (or mental picture of) the future • someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) • the visual percept of a region • a prediction of the course of a disease verb • search for something desirable • explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals | ||||||||
