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eventuality

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of 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 of eventuality

capability, possibility, potential, potentiality, prospect
Words Related to eventuality

likelihood, probability

latency, potency
Near Antonyms of eventuality

actuality, reality

certainty

2 something that might happen

  • a full-force hurricane on the day of the picnic was one eventuality that we hadnʼt planned on
Synonyms of eventuality

case, contingence, contingency, contingent, event, possibility
Words Related to eventuality

probability

accident, chance, hap, hazard, risk

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