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potentiality

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of potentiality

something that can develop or become actual

  • would like to see a colony on the moon as an actuality and not merely a potentiality
Synonyms of potentiality

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

likelihood, probability

latency, potency
Near Antonyms of potentiality

actuality, reality

certainty

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