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Synonyms for unlikely
ʌnˈlaɪk liun·like·ly
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
unlikely
Synonyms:
doubtful, dubious, improbable, unimaginableAntonyms:
apparent, likely, presumable, probable, seeming
Princeton's WordNet
improbable, unlikelyadjective
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
"legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"
Synonyms:
marvelous, tall(a), unbelievable, unconvincing, improbable, marvellousAntonyms:
promising, probable, apt(p), liable(p), likely, plausibleunlikelyadjective
has little chance of being the case or coming about
"an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism"
Synonyms:
unbelievable, unconvincing, improbableAntonyms:
probable, liable(p), promising, apt(p), likely, plausibleimprobable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikelyadjective
having a probability too low to inspire belief
Synonyms:
unbelievable, improbable, marvellous, tall(a), incredible, flimsy, marvelous, unconvincingAntonyms:
plausible, promising, apt(p), probable, likely, liable(p)
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unlikelyadjective
Synonyms:
improbable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unlikelyadjective
Synonyms:
improbable, unpromising
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unlikely":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1481 | likely | |
#5642 | incredible | |
#7056 | unlikely | |
#10461 | probable | |
#15392 | unbelievable | |
#19151 | marvelous | |
#20066 | doubtful | |
#23071 | dubious | |
#27240 | improbable | |
#29587 | marvellous | |
#44059 | flimsy | |
#46658 | unimaginable | |
#56915 | implausible | |
#74245 | unconvincing |
How to use unlikely in a sentence?
Contrary to the hype and hysteria that has accompanied the fall in China share prices, there is unlikely to be any impact on bank solvency or underlying credit conditions.
It's very unlikely we'll see the pollution issue being solved in the next 10 years, it's not realistic.
Is it going to provide you the same returns that you might be able to receive if you were to go out and invest in your own real estate ? Unlikely, however, I've seen stock-market-like returns through each of these platforms and occasionally better returns.
It took us by some surprise, there's a great affinity between the United States and India and our people, but there's also a history that is complicated and that would have made it seem highly unlikely that a U.S. president would be sitting with India's leaders at their Republic Day ceremony.
We currently assess that North Korea will seek to retain North Korea WMD capabilities, it is unlikely to completely give up North Korea nuclear weapons and production capabilities because North Korea leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons as critical to regime survival. Our assessment is bolstered by our observations of some activity that is inconsistent with full denuclearization.
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- من غير المرجحArabic
- improbableCatalan, Valencian
- unwahrscheinlichGerman
- improbable, improbablementeSpanish
- epätodennäköisesti, epätodennäköinenFinnish
- improbablement, improbableFrench
- ní móideIrish
- improbabileItalian
- ありそうもないJapanese
- onwaarschijnlijkDutch
- improvável, improvavelmentePortuguese
- improbabilă, puțin probabil, improbabil, în mod improbabilRomanian
- вряд ли, eдва ли, навряд лиRussian
- навряд чиUkrainian
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