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

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1. List of paraphrases for "probability":

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

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1. probability

   Synonyms:
   p value

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1. Ric Spooner:

   There is a 30 percent probability attached (by investors) to a September (rate) increase.

2. Thorsten J. Pattberg:

   Not a single Buddha, bodhisattva, or shengren in Europe, but in Asia: all philosophers and saints? What is that probability?

3. 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.

4. Wesley D'Amico:

   The probability of becoming rich is much greater than of becoming poor.

5. Clarissa Silva:

   The less human face-to-face interaction you have with someone, the higher the probability of [things] like this happening.