eventuality

1 something that can develop or become actual <a cure for that form of cancer seems like a certain eventuality—it's just a matter of time> Synonyms capability, potential, possibility, potentiality, prospectRelated Words likelihood, probability; latency, potencyNear Antonyms actuality, reality; certainty

2 something that might happen <a full-force hurricane on the day of the picnic was one eventuality that we hadn't planned on> Synonyms case, contingence, contingency, contingent, event, possibilityRelated Words probability; accident, chance, hap, hazard, risk