Likely synonyms
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Part of speech:
Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur
Capable of happening, existing, or being true without contradicting proven facts, laws, or circumstances:
Able to reason
That may be presumed, or taken for granted; probable
Capable of being accomplished or brought about; possible:
The definition of plausible is something that is highly likely.
supposable
Capable of being supposed or conjectured:
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Capable of eliciting belief or trust.
to be guessed
Probable
About to occur; impending:
Tending or having the power to persuade:
The definition of suitable is someone or something that is appropriate or acceptable in a particular situation.
The definition of liable is being likely to do or experience something or to having legal responsibility for something.
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fit (related)
Appropriate; proper:
Worth accepting; satisfactory or, sometimes, merely adequate
That seems real, true, etc. without necessarily being so; apparent
conjecturable
Able to be conjectured upon.
Usable for a specified purpose:
Capable of functioning.
Able to be achieved, accomplished or obtained.
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Not linked to fate or outside influences.
Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).
surmisable
Capable of being surmised.
Showing reason; not foolish or silly; sensible
That can be considered as a possibility
That can be imagined
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Confined to a predetermined fate or destiny; certain.
assumable
Capable of being assumed, or taken on.
grantable
Capable of being granted.
Justifiable, just, proper.
as like as not
Probable
Promising
(Logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
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Forming an angle with another line, plane, or body
Apt
Inclined; having a certain tendency or inclination
Made susceptible to.
Lying flat or prostrate; in a horizontal position
Apt
on the verge of
Apt
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in the habit of
Apt
Apt
in-favor-of
Apt
having a weakness for
Apt
impossible (antonym)
(Mathematics, dated) imaginary
doubtful (antonym)
The definition of doubtful is suspicious, unclear or unsure.
questionable (antonym)
Open to doubt or challenge; problematic.
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hopeful (related)
The definition of hopeful is feeling or giving a positive or optimistic attitude about some event or about the future.
convincing (related)
The definition of apparent is something that is easy to see or comprehend.
Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
(Archaic) Seemly; decorous; proper
In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
That can be believed; believable; reliable
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Alternative spelling of good-looking.
Giving reasonable ground for belief
The definition of prima facie refers to the way something looks on its face, or at first glance.
Likely but uncertain; plausible.
Prospective is defined as likely or expected.
Specious is defined as something that looks right, or that looks attractive, but is not as it seems.
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verisimilar
Seeming to be true or real; plausible; likely
Likelihood.
The state of being probable; probability.
The quality or state of being probable; likelihood
speciosity
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improbable (antonym)
The definition of improbable is something unlikely to happen or unlikely to be true.
unlikely (antonym)
Not likely to happen or be true; improbable
inapt (antonym)
Not apt; not suitable; inappropriate
unforeseeable (antonym)
Incapable of being foreseen or anticipated
implausible (antonym)
Difficult to believe; not plausible.
improbably (antonym)
probably
That may or may not happen; possible
(Negative, informal) Used to put an emphasis
Inspiring confidence or hope
humanly possible
within the bounds (or range) (or realm) of possibility
likely (related)
Attractive; pleasant
belief (related)
Based on probability or presumption
help (related)
Inspiring confidence or hope
(Physics) A potential field is an irrotational (static) field.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
very-likely (related)
obvious (related)
likely to (related)
anticipate (related)
inevitable (related)
most likely (related)
noticeable (related)
to be supposed
Probable
Synonym Study
- Prone suggests a propensity or predisposition to something that seems almost inevitable she's prone to have accidents
- Liable and apt are loosely or informally used equivalents of likely , but in strict discrimination, liable implies exposure or susceptibility to something undesirable you're liable to hurt yourself playing with that knife and apt suggests a natural or habitual inclination or tendency such people are apt to be fearful
- Likely suggests probability or an eventuality that can reasonably be expected he's not likely to win
Find another word for likely. In this page you can discover 105 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for likely, like: expected, possible, reasonable, presumable, feasible, plausible, supposable, believable, to be guessed, imminent and persuasive.