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Synonyms for probability
ˌprɒb əˈbɪl ɪ tiprob·a·bil·i·ty

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  1. probability

    Synonyms:
    likelihood, presumption, verisimilitude, chance, appearance

    Antonyms:
    unliklihood, improbability, impossibility, inconceivableness

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  1. probability, chancenoun

    a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible

    "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"

    Synonyms:
    luck, fortune, prospect, chance, opportunity, hazard

    Antonyms:
    improbableness, improbability

  2. probabilitynoun

    the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event

    "for a while mutiny seemed a probability"; "going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost"

    Synonyms:
    chance

    Antonyms:
    improbability, improbableness

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  1. probabilitynoun

    Synonyms:
    likelihood, presumption, appearance of truth, fair chance, favorable chance

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  1. probabilitynoun

    Synonyms:
    likelihood, verisimilitude, credibleness

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "probability":

    likelihood, probabilities, probabilistic, chance, possibility, likely, probable

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. probability

    Synonyms:
    p value

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#1358opportunity
#1481likely
#1885chance
#4175possibility
#4206luck
#4235appearance
#5099probability
#5816fortune
#7304hazard
#7939prospect
#9477likelihood
#10461probable
#16213probabilities
#20482presumption
#21353probabilistic
#130747verisimilitude

How to use probability in a sentence?

  1. Peter Fitzgerald:

    The possibility of a no-deal exit from the EU, while not zero, is much lower than people assumed it was going to be when (Johnson) took over as prime minister, i'd say the probability of the UK remaining (in the EU) is more than the UK leaving without a deal.

  2. Jerome K. Jerome:

    Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.

  3. Alessia Berardi:

    The probability of implementing the (delisting) decision for the market is still quite low.

  4. Dan Springer:

    The risk is it does increase the probability we never get paid. It's something we can afford to do.

  5. Nicolas Suiffet:

    From a technical point of view, there is a high probability of an upward breakout of the significant hurdle at 3,145.


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