LIKELIHOOD Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word likelihood. (close relations)
likelihoods
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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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| probability | nounn | |||||
noun • 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 quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event | ||||||
| likeliness | 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 | ||||||
