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probability
feasibility, luck
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prospect
expectation, forecast
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likelihood
susceptibility, forecast
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chance
opportunity, likelihood
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odds
likelihood, feasibility
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potentiality
feasibility, potential
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opportunity
capacity, luck
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contingency
eventuality, hazard
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opening
chance, opportunity
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risk
likelihood, hazard
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hazard
likelihood, risk
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potential
capacity, chance
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feasibility
capacity, chance
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eventuality
capacity, possible
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occasion
chance, opportunity
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promise
potential
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hope
chance, feasibility
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likeliness
probability, feasibility
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circumstance
eventuality
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option
capacity, opportunity
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event
eventuality
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expectation
prospect, forecast
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hypothesis
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theory
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capacity
capability
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plausibility
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practicability
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choice
option
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liability
likelihood
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outlook
forecast
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- action
- circumstance
- hazard
- hope
- incident
- opportunity
- probability
- prospect
- risk
- achievability
- attainableness
- break
- contingency
- fling
- fluke
- fortuity
- happening
- instance
- liability
- likeliness
- occasion
- occurrence
- odds
- plausibility
- play
- potentiality
- practicability
- prayer
- shot
- stab
- toss-up
- fair shake
- fifty-fifty
- outside chance
- workableness
On this page you’ll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to possibility, such as: action, circumstance, hazard, hope, incident, and opportunity.
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WORDS RELATED TO POSSIBILITY
- applicant
- aspirant
- bidder
- claimant
- competitor
- contender
- contestant
- dark horse
- entrant
- favorite son
- handshaker
- hopeful
- job-hunter
- nominee
- office seeker
- petitioner
- possibility
- possible choice
- pothunter
- runner
- seeker
- solicitant
- stumper
- successor
- suitor
- whistle-stopper
- write-in
- accident
- emergency
- eventuality
- likelihood
- possibility
- predicament
- believability
- chance
- integrity
- likelihood
- plausibility
- possibility
- probability
- prospect
- reliability
- satisfactoriness
- solidity
- solidness
- soundness
- tenability
- trustworthiness
- validity
- clouds
- crisis
- double trouble
- dynamite
- emergency
- endangerment
- exigency
- exposure
- hot potato
- insecurity
- instability
- jeopardy
- menace
- peril
- pitfall
- possibility
- precariousness
- precipice
- probability
- risk
- risky business
- slipperiness
- storm
- thin ice
- threat
- uncertainty
- venture
- vulnerability
- clouds
- crises
- double troubles
- dynamite
- emergencies
- endangerments
- exigencies
- exposures
- hot potatos
- insecurities
- instabilities
- jeopardy
- menaces
- perils
- pitfalls
- possibilities
- precariousnesses
- precipices
- probabilities
- risks
- risky businesses
- slipperiness
- storms
- thin ices
- threats
- uncertainties
- ventures
- vulnerabilities
- aftereffect
- aftermath
- any case
- case
- chance
- consequence
- contingency
- effect
- event
- goings-on
- happening
- issue
- likelihood
- outcome
- possibility
- probability
- result
- sequel
- toss-up
- upshot
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as in potential
something that can develop or become actual
there’s a possibility for violence in the situation
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as in event
something that might happen
winning the championship is a real possibility for us
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possibilitynoun
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contingency, option, choiceAntonyms:
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possibilitynoun
The quality of being possible.
Synonyms:
choice, option, contingencyAntonyms:
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possibilitynoun
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
Synonyms:
choice, option, contingencyAntonyms:
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possibilitynoun
An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
Synonyms:
contingency, choice, optionAntonyms:
impossibility
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possibility
An accident is that which happens without any one’s direct intention; a chance that which happens without any known cause. If the direct cause of a railroad accident is known, we can not call it a chance. To the theist there is, in strictness, no chance, all things being by divine causation and control; but chance is spoken of where no special cause is manifest: «By chance there came down a certain priest that way,» Luke x, 31. We can speak of a game of chance, but not of a game of accident. An incident is viewed as occurring in the regular course of things, but subordinate to the main purpose, or aside from the main design. Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces. Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent, but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be; we say «he has a chance of success,» or «there is one chance in a thousand,» where we could not substitute fortune; as personified, Fortune is regarded as having a fitful purpose, Chance as purposeless; we speak of fickle Fortune, blind Chance; «Fortune favors the brave.» The slaughter of men is an incident of battle; unexpected defeat, the fortune of war. Since the unintended is often the undesirable, accident tends to signify some calamity or disaster, unless the contrary is expressed, as when we say a fortunate or happy accident. An adventure is that which may turn out ill, a misadventure that which does turn out ill. A slight disturbing accident is a mishap. Compare EVENT; HAZARD.
Synonyms:
accident, adventure, calamity, casualty, chance, contingency, disaster, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishapAntonyms:
appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purposePreposition:
The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.
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possibilitynoun
a future prospect or potential
«this room has great possibilities»
Synonyms:
opening, possibleness, theory, hypothesis, possible actionAntonyms:
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possibility, possiblenessnoun
capability of existing or happening or being true
«there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired»
Synonyms:
opening, possibleness, theory, hypothesis, possible actionAntonyms:
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hypothesis, possibility, theorynoun
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 scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory»; «he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices»
Synonyms:
theory, possibleness, surmisal, hypothesis, opening, guess, conjecture, possible action, supposition, surmise, speculationAntonyms:
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possibility, possible action, openingnoun
a possible alternative
«bankruptcy is always a possibility»
Synonyms:
opening move, opening night, chess opening, curtain raising, theory, hatchway, scuttle, initiative, opening, possible action, gap, first step, orifice, hypothesis, possibleness, portaAntonyms:
impossibility, impossibleness
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List of paraphrases for «possibility»:
opportunity, chance, option, potential, possibilities, ability, feasibility, likelihood, prospect, possible, eventuality, able, probability, opportunities, risk, scope
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Ashley Smith:
Daphne Goujon said. (Elina Shirazi) It was just about having our own wedding and our own story, something to tell our kids and our grandkids that during this really bizarre time we did something really cool, Chris Goujon added. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Washington, D.C. couple Blake and Ashley Smith decided to have a small ceremony. While they didnt go virtual, the couple says they are planning to hold the full wedding in August. The Smiths said that even though they did not plan on a virtual wedding, they don’t think it’s a bad idea for other couples who don’t want to postpone the date. (Chelsea Photography) The Smiths walk down the aisle in the presence of a few family members. They say they are grateful for the small ceremony they had and plan on having the real thing in a few months. (Chelsea Photography) FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS We were monitoring the news very closely. Just one week prior to our planned wedding date of March 22, the CDC recommended that gatherings of 50 or more be canceled or rescheduled, our wedding had 252 confirmed attendees, even after cancellations. The weight of the global pandemic began to weigh on our hearts and the health of our guests became a huge concern. On the Monday before our wedding, we postponed until August 23. We could not truly celebrate with the possibility of putting the health of our closest friends and family in danger. The silver lining is that we decided that we wanted to still get married. My mother is an ordained minister and performed our wedding ceremony. My father built the backdrop.
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Foster C. McClellan:
Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.
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Clay Seigle:
Oil traders are overwhelmed by bearish news, the broad selloff in equities has traders concerned about the possibility of an economic slowdown, which could reduce demand for oil products.
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Moon Jae-in:
We can’t rule out the possibility that the situation would be prolonged, despite our diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue, it is a very regrettable situation, but we have no choice but to prepare for all possibilities.
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President Biden:
Congratulations to NASA and everyone whose hard work made Perseverance’s historic landing possible, today proved once again that with the power of science and American ingenuity, nothing is beyond the realm of possibility.
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[ pˌɒsəbˈɪlɪti], [ pˌɒsəbˈɪlɪti], [ p_ˌɒ_s_ə_b_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_t_i]
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- resolution,
- choice,
- alternative,
- potentiality,
- have your pick of something,
- conclusion.
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- Possibilities,
- break,
- instance,
- occurrence,
- hope,
- the initiative,
- event,
- circumstance,
- scope,
- window of opportunity,
- access.
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- odds,
- likely,
- promise,
- future.
• candidate (noun)
- whistlestopper,
- job-hunters,
- handshakers,
- write-ins,
- job hunter,
- solicitants,
- job hunters,
- writein,
- jobhunter,
- whistle stopper,
- writeins,
- favorite sons,
- jobhunters,
- whistlestoppers,
- write ins,
- officeseekers,
- officeseeker,
- office-seekers,
- office seekers,
- whistle-stoppers,
- whistle stoppers,
- possible choices.
• chance (noun)
- opening.
• cognition (noun)
- possibility.
• contingency (noun)
- contingence.
• credibility (noun)
- tenability,
- satisfactoriness,
- trustworthiness,
- reliability,
- solidness.
• danger (noun)
- exposure,
- jeopardy,
- Uncertainties,
- slipperiness,
- thin ice,
- Imperilment,
- risky business,
- hot potato,
- Exigencies,
- in security,
- double trouble,
- insecurity.
• eventuality (noun)
- after-maths,
- go downs,
- after effect,
- up shot,
- out-comes,
- goingsons,
- after maths,
- goingson,
- out come,
- up shots,
- go-downs,
- out comes,
- any cases,
- after math,
- goings ons,
- up-shots,
- out-come,
- goings on,
- goings-ons,
- up-shot.
• expectation (noun)
- prediction,
- looking forward.
• feasibility, likelihood; chance (noun)
- fair shake,
- workableness,
- fling,
- toss-up,
- contingency,
- fortuity,
- incident,
- attainableness,
- achievability,
- fluke,
- action,
- prayer,
- play,
- practicability,
- happening,
- stab,
- shot.
• hazard (noun)
- way the cookie crumble,
- way the ball bounce,
- hundred to one,
- way cookie crumble,
- co-incidences,
- hundred-to-ones,
- mis fortune,
- co-incidence,
- co incidence,
- hundred to ones,
- co incidences,
- stroke luck,
- mis fortunes,
- mis-fortunes,
- lucky hits,
- way ball bounces,
- way ball bounce.
• hypothesis (noun)
- hypothesis.
• liability (noun)
- de bit,
- de-bits,
- dis-advantages,
- dis advantage,
- in conveniences,
- dis-advantage,
- indebtments,
- de bits,
- dis advantages,
- in-conveniences,
- in-convenience,
- de-bit.
• likelihood (noun)
- coin flips,
- fifty fifty,
- likelinesses,
- fifty-fifties,
- outside chances,
- fiftyfifty,
- strong possibilities,
- even breaks,
- fiftyfifties,
- shot ats,
- reasonablenesses,
- fifty fifties.
• opening (noun)
- go-at,
- iron in the fire,
- availability,
- in the running,
- look in,
- Availabilities,
- vacancy,
- big break,
- go at.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- lucky hit,
- hopefuls,
- Exposedness,
- Solicitant,
- guesstimate,
- remainder,
- normal course,
- godown,
- resort,
- office seeker,
- toss up,
- header,
- whistle-stopper,
- risk,
- job-hunter,
- reasonableness,
- prospect,
- goings-on,
- pothunters,
- likelihood,
- plausibility,
- favorite son,
- outside chance,
- candidate,
- even break,
- expectation,
- expediency,
- bidder,
- eventuality,
- occasions,
- outlook,
- minuses,
- write in,
- bidders,
- Liableness,
- likeliness,
- Indebtment,
- handshaker,
- stumper,
- pothunter,
- good chance,
- way the ball bounces,
- coin flip,
- liability,
- godowns,
- office-seeker,
- surmise,
- possible choice,
- credibility,
- any case,
- probability,
- fifty-fifty,
- liabilities,
- danger,
- lease,
- way the cookie crumbles,
- tossup,
- aftereffect,
- way cookie crumbles,
- hundred-to-one,
- strong possibility,
- shot at,
- write-in,
- stumpers,
- hazard,
- sneaking suspicion,
- After-math,
- go-down.
• outlook (noun)
- out-look,
- normal courses,
- law averages,
- out looks,
- out-looks,
- out look.
• plausibleness (noun)
- plausibleness.
• possibility (noun)
- possibleness,
- feasibility,
- theory,
- conceivability,
- possible action.
• probability (noun)
- chance,
- aptness,
- proneness.
• prospect (noun)
- in the cards,
- irons in fire.
• resort (noun)
- re-source,
- re lief,
- re-sort,
- re source,
- re-sorts,
- re sorts,
- re-lief,
- re sources,
- re-sources,
- re sort.
• risk (noun)
- shot dark,
- liablenesses,
- shot in dark,
- exposednesses,
- shot the dark.
• surmise (noun)
- sur mises,
- sur-mises,
- sneaking suspicions,
- sur-mise,
- guesstimates,
- sur mise,
- hypo thesis,
- hypo-thesis.
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• Other relevant words: (verb)
- forecast.
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Other synonyms:
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- triangulation,
- sporting chance,
- decision,
- option,
- judgment call,
- Hobson’s Choice,
- decision making,
- selection,
- opportunity.
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- occasion,
- determination,
- tendency,
- designation.
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- trade-off,
- threat,
- uncertainty,
- possible.
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- draw.
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- room.
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- call.
How to use «Possibility» in context?
When viewed in context «possibility» takes on many meanings. In mathematics it is the standing of a set of propositions asserting the existence of a property assigned to a member of the set. In philosophy it refers to the potentiality of an event or state. In science it denotes the likelihood that a particular outcome will occur as a result of a specific set of circumstances.
And finally, in our everyday lives, possibility often denotes the ability to do or have something. For example, when we ask someone if they would like to eat at the new Italian restaurant down the street, we’re talking about the possibility of their dining at the restaurant.
Paraphrases for Possibility:
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Equivalence
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
Possibilities.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
options.
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Noun, singular or mass
option.
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Verb, past tense
option.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
impossibility, potentiality.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
ability, possible, openings, avenues.
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Noun, singular or mass
ability, danger, event, facility, fact, idea, notion, perspective, possible, power, question, right, suggestion, threat, Phenomena.
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Verb, past tense
ability, possible, Allowed, Provided.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
means, possible, allows, makes, enables.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
feasibility, opportunity, potential, probability, Areas, Capabilities, Opportunities.
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Noun, singular or mass
applicability, appropriateness, assumption, capability, choice, desirability, eventuality, faculty, feasibility, hypothesis, means, occasion, opportunity, permissibility, position, potential, practicability, practicality, probability, risk, scenario, solution, suitability, susceptibility, viability, Advisability, Opportunities.
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Verb, past tense
opportunity, potential, Opportunities.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
opportunity, potential, Opportunities.
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Proper noun, singular
Hyponym for Possibility:
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cognition
outlook, expectation, prospect.
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cognition
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