Synonyms for likelihood
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.
In all likelihood the meeting will be cancelled.
Related words
- Phrases
- in all likelihood
Forms
- Plural
- likelihoods → probabilities, likelinesses, chances, liabilities…
Example sentences
- odds The odds are against me, so I think I'll quit now.
- probability There's a strong probability of a nuclear tragedy.
- liability He denies any liability for the damage caused.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| likelihood | rising | |
| odds | rising | |
| probability | steady | |
| likeliness | rising | |
| liability | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- odds1
- 6 letters
- chance1
- 9 letters
- liability5
- 10 letters
- likeliness
- 11 letters
- probability5
- 12 letters
- probableness
- 14 letters
- verisimilitude6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (liability5 = 5 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- vraisemblance
- Italiano
- verosimiglianza
- Deutsch
- Wahrscheinlichkeit