Entry Word: probability

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the quality or state of being likely to occur <the plot of the movie thriller was exciting and surprising but woefully lacking in probability>

Synonyms likelihood, likeliness

Related Words credibility, plausibility; liability; feasibility, feasibleness, possibility, potentiality, reasonability, viability

Near Antonyms doubtfulness, dubiousness; impracticability, impracticality; implausibility, incredibility

Antonyms improbability, unlikelihood, unlikeliness

2 a measure of how often an event will occur instead of another <the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads fifty times in a row is not good>

Synonyms chance, odds, percentage

Related Words outlook, prospect; possibility, potential, potentiality