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probability
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of PROBABILITY
1
the quality or state of being likely to occur <the plot of the movie thriller was exciting and surprising but woefully lacking in probability>
Synonyms liability, likelihood
Related Words credibility, plausibility, plausibleness; feasibility, feasibleness, possibility, potentiality, reasonability, reasonableness, viability
Near Antonyms doubtfulness, dubiousness; impracticability, impracticality; implausibility, incredibility, incredibleness
2
a measure of how often an event will occur instead of another <the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads 50 times in a row is not good>
Related Words outlook, prospect; contingency, possibility, potential, potentiality; conditional probability
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