Synonyms for probable
- adjective
Most common
reasonable feasible presumptive presumable apparent credible verisimilar
All synonyms
Adjective
likely, presumptive, presumable, reasonable, feasible, apparent, credible, like UK US, rational, verisimilar
Definitions
- adj. 1
Likely or most likely to be true.
It's probable that it will rain tomorrow.
Related words
- Word family
- probability probableness probably
- Phrases
- probable cause
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Probable implies that we know facts enough to make us moderately confident of it. Seeming expresses great doubt of the reality; seeming innocence comes very near in meaning to probable guilt.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- reasonable If the price is reasonable, I want to buy the car.
- feasible At first blush, Tom's suggestion seemed feasible.
- apparent The company turned him down for no apparent reason.
- credible It wasn't true, but at first it sounded credible.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| probable | falling | |
| reasonable | falling | |
| feasible | falling | |
| presumptive | steady | |
| presumable | falling | |
| apparent | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- like1
- 6 letters
- likely2
- 8 letters
- apparent3, rational3, credible3, feasible3
- 10 letters
- reasonable4, presumable
- 11 letters
- presumptive3, verisimilar
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (likely2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- probable
- Italiano
- presumibile