All outside chance synonyms
out·side chance
O o noun outside chance
- fighting chance — a possibility of success following a struggle.
- achievability — The state or condition of being achievable.
- attainableness — The state or quality of being attainable.
- workableness — The quality or state of being workable, or the extent to which a thing is workable.
- leap in the dark — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- long shot — a horse, team, etc., that has little chance of winning and carries long odds.
- wager — something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet: to place a wager on a soccer match.
- fifty-fifty — equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
- dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
- luck of the draw — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- conceivability — capable of being conceived; imaginable.
- likelihood — the state of being likely or probable; probability.
- likeliness — the state of being likely or probable; probability.
- gamble — to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
adj outside chance
- improbable — not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.