All likelihood synonyms
like·li·hood
L l noun likelihood
- prospect — Usually, prospects. an apparent probability of advancement, success, profit, etc. the outlook for the future: good business prospects.
- trend — the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
- tendency — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
- possibility — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
- probability — the quality or fact of being probable.
- presumption — the act of presuming.
- direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- plausibility — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- liability — liabilities. moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets). Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to assets and capital.
- reasonableness — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- likeliness — the state of being likely or probable; probability.
- chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
- chances — Plural form of chance.
- odds — something that is odd.
- long shot — a horse, team, etc., that has little chance of winning and carries long odds.
- fair shake — an equitable opportunity or treatment: The judges promised that every entrant in the contest would get a fair shake.
- fighting chance — a possibility of success following a struggle.
- fifty-fifty — equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood