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101tendency — n 1. inclination, disposition, proclivity, propensity, leaning, bent, turn, cast, inclining, Biol. tropism; tending, bearing, verging, gravitation, drift; proneness, subjectability, aptness, liableness, likeliness, susceptibility. 2. penchant,… …
102verisimilitude — n 1. genuineness, authenticity, realness; realism, naturalism, lifelikeness; literalness. 2. probability, likelihood, likeliness; credibility, plausibility …
103unlikeliness — un·likeliness …
104likelihood — /ˈlaɪklihʊd/ (say luykleehood) noun 1. the state of being likely or probable; probability. 2. a probability or chance of something: there is a strong likelihood of his succeeding. Also, likeliness …
105likelihood — [n] chance of something happening coin flip*, direction, even break, fair shake, fifty fifty*, fighting chance*, good chance*, liability, likeliness, long shot*, outside chance*, plausibility, possibility, presumption, probability, prospect,… …
106possibility — [n] feasibility, likelihood; chance achievability, action, attainableness, break, circumstance, contingency, fair shake*, fifty fifty*, fling*, fluke*, fortuity, happening, hazard, hope, incident, instance, liability, likeliness, occasion,… …
107probability — [n] likelihood of something happening anticipation, chance, chances, conceivability, contingency, credibility, expectation, feasibility, hazard, liability, likeliness, odds, outside chance*, plausibility, possibility, practicability, prayer,… …
108verisimilitude — [n] authenticity color, credibility, genuineness, likeliness, likeness, plausibility, realism, resemblance, semblance, show, similarity, virtual reality; concept 725 Ant. falseness, impossibility …
109likely — adj. & adv. adj. 1 probable; such as well might happen or be true (it is not likely that they will come; the most likely place is London; a likely story). 2 (foll. by to + infin.) to be reasonably expected (he is not likely to come now). 3… …
110unlikelihood — noun the improbability of a specified outcome • Syn: ↑unlikeliness • Ant: ↑likeliness (for: ↑unlikeliness), ↑likelihood • Derivationally related forms: ↑unlik …
