Synonyms of the word likely


LIKELYAPT - BELIEVABLE - BELIKE - CREDIBLE - EQUIPROBABLE - EXPECTED - LIABLE - POSSIBLE - POTENTIAL - PRESUMPTIVE - PROBABLE - PROBABLY - PROMISING - PROSPECTIVE - VERISIMILAR

likely

  • adj. probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring.
  • adj. (as predicate, followed by to and infinitive) Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable.
  • adj. appropriate, suitable; believable; having a good potential.
  • adj. plausible; Within the realm of credibility.
  • adj. promising; apt to achieve success or yield a desired outcome.
  • adj. attractive; pleasant.
  • adj. (obsolete) Similar; like; alike.
  • adv. (obsolete) Similarly.
  • adv. Probably.
  • n. Something or somebody considered likely.

apt

  • adj. Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
  • adj. (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
  • adj. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert.

believable

  • adj. Capable of being believed; credible.

belike

  • v. (transitive) To make like; simulate.
  • v. (transitive) To be like; resemble.
  • v. (impersonal) To be pleasing to; please.
  • v. (transitive) To like; be pleased with.
  • n. An object of affection or liking.
  • adv. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England) Likely, probably, perhaps.

credible

  • adj. Believable or plausible.
  • adj. Authentic or convincing.

equiprobable

  • adj. (mathematics, logic) Having equal probability.

expected

  • adj. Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of expect.

liable

  • adj. bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable.
  • adj. subject; susceptible.
  • adj. exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable.
  • adj. (as predicate, with "to" and an infinitive) likely.

possible

  • adj. (usually not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.
  • adj. (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.
  • adj. Being considered, e.g. for a position.
  • adj. Apparently valid, likely, plausible.
  • n. A possible one.
  • n. (colloquial, rare) A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position.
  • n. (rare) A particular event that may happen.

potential

  • n. Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
  • n. (physics) The gravitational potential is the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational…
  • n. (physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified…
  • n. (grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.
  • adj. Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
  • adj. (archaic) Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.
  • adj. (physics) A potential field is an irrotational (static) field.
  • adj. (physics) A potential flow is an irrotational flow.
  • adj. (grammar) Referring to a verbal construction of form stating something is possible or probable.

presumptive

  • adj. Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief.
  • adj. Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps shouldn't.

probable

  • adj. Likely or most likely to be true.
  • adj. Likely to happen.
  • adj. Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
  • adj. (obsolete) Capable of being proved.
  • n. Something that it likely to occur.
  • n. A person that is likely to appear or do a certain thing.

probably

  • adv. In all likelihood.

promising

  • adj. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
  • adj. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
  • v. present participle of promise.
  • n. The act of making a promise.

prospective

  • adj. Likely or expected to happen or become.
  • adj. Anticipated in the near or far future.
  • adj. Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
  • adj. Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
  • adj. (medicine, of research) A study that starts with the present situation and follows participants into the…
  • n. (obsolete) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
  • n. (obsolete) A perspective glass.
  • n. (informal, often plural) A prospective (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.

verisimilar

  • adj. Appearing to be true or real; probable; likely.
  • adj. (fiction) Faithful to its own rules; internally consistent.

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