Synonyms for possible
- adjective
- noun
Most common
do-able viable feasible practicable likely conceivable potential
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Feasible — capable of being done or achieved; feasible
feasible, do-able, practicable, viable, achievable, attainable, workable, manageable, realizable, realisable UK, accomplishable rare
2. Likely — apparently valid, likely, plausible
Other
potential, admissible, earthly, latent, futurable rare, happenable rare, maybeish rare
Noun
Definitions
- adj. 1
Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.
It's possible for anyone to learn to play the bagpipes.
- adj. 2
Apparently valid, likely, plausible.
- n. 1
A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position.
Jones is a possible for the new opening in sales.
Related words
- Word family
- possibleness possibly possibility
Forms
- Plural
- possibles → possibilities, options, contingents, candidates…
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A thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want of the means requisite to its performance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- viable Tom didn't think his boss's plan was a viable one.
- feasible At first blush, Tom's suggestion seemed feasible.
- practicable The new plan was accounted practicable.
- likely Tom isn't very likely to know anything about that.
- conceivable It is hardly conceivable to me that he will fail.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| possible | falling | |
| viable | steady | |
| feasible | falling | |
| practicable | falling | |
| likely | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- likely2, option2, viable3, latent2
- 7 letters
- earthly2
- 8 letters
- credible3, feasible3, workable3, maybeish
- 9 letters
- potential3, candidate3, plausible3, futurable
- 10 letters
- contingent3, manageable4, achievable4, attainable4, admissible4, realizable5, realisable5, happenable
- 11 letters
- possibility5, conceivable4, practicable4
- 14 letters
- accomplishable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (likely2 = 2 syllables).