What are the opposite words for unlikely?
The word unlikely refers to something that is improbable or not likely to happen. The antonyms for unlikely are words that mean the opposite. The opposite of unlikely is likely, which means that something is probable, expected, or anticipated to happen. Other antonyms include certain, definite, established, and sure. These words suggest that something is not only expected to happen but is also certain or definite. Another antonym for unlikely is possible, which means that something has a chance of happening, even if it is not probable. Using different antonyms for the word unlikely can emphasize the degree of probability or certainty associated with a particular event or situation.
- certain
- ostensibly
- probably
- possibly
-
apparently
- at first sight,
- conspicuously,
- in all likelihood,
- intuitively,
- on the face of it,
- ostensibly,
- palpably,
- patently,
- perceptibly,
- plausibly,
- professedly,
- reputably,
- speciously,
- tangibly,
- unmistakably,
- at a glance,
- in plain sight,
- most likely,
- to all appearances,
- all appearances,
- at glance,
- in dubitably,
- in likelihood,
- in-dubitably,
- it appears that,
- it seems that,
- on face it,
- on face of it,
- on the face it,
- to appearances,
- un-mistakably.
-
likely
- in all probability,
- no doubt,
- presumptively,
- Assumably,
- in probability,
- like as not,
- odds-on,
- Inferable,
- Conjecturable,
- on the verge of,
- in favor of,
- in the habit of,
- in habit of,
- more assuring,
- more conjecturable,
- more inferable,
- more odds on,
- more odds-on,
- more oddson,
- most assuring,
- most conjecturable,
- most inferable,
- most odds on,
- most odds-on,
- most oddson,
- odds on,
- oddson,
- on verge of,
- up and coming.
- presumably
- supposedly
- doubtless
- evidently
- perhaps
- seemingly
- certainly; most likely
- apparently, clearly
- by chance; in some way
- likely, reasonably
- likely to happen
- promising
- ostensible
- probable
-
susceptible
- non-resistant,
- nonresistant,
- sensile,
- be taken in,
- easily moved,
- more aroused,
- more nonresistant,
- more roused,
- more sensile,
- more stirred,
- more sucker,
- more swallow,
- more swayed,
- most aroused,
- most nonresistant,
- most roused,
- most sensile,
- most stirred,
- most sucker,
- most swayed,
- out a limb,
- out limb,
- out on limb,
- tumble for,
- wide open.
-
hopeful
- ex citing,
- in spiring,
- in spiriting,
- in-spiring,
- in-spiriting,
- more arousing,
- more elating,
- more fortifying,
- more inspiriting,
- more promiseful,
- more reassuring,
- most arousing,
- most fortifying,
- most inspiriting,
- most promiseful,
- most reassuring,
- promiseful,
- re-assuring,
- up lifting,
- up-lifting,
- well timed,
- welltimed.
- believable
- reliable
-
reasonable
- cognitive,
- percipient,
- within reason,
- thought-out,
- making sense,
- all there,
- in one's right mind,
- clearcut,
- in expensive,
- in one right mind,
- in ones right mind,
- in right mind,
- in-expensive,
- low priced,
- lowcost,
- lowpriced,
- more cognitive,
- more percipient,
- more reasoning,
- more thought out,
- more thought-out,
- more thoughtout,
- more unexcessive,
- most cognitive,
- most percipient,
- most reasoned,
- most reasoning,
- most thought out,
- most unexcessive,
- re strained,
- re-strained,
- standing reason,
- standing to reason,
- thought out,
- un biased,
- un excessive,
- un extreme,
- un extremer,
- un prejudiced,
- un-excessive,
- un-extreme,
- un-extremer,
- un-extremest,
- un-prejudiced,
- unexcessive,
- unextreme,
- unextremer,
- unextremest,
- well advised,
- welladvised.
- possible
-
apparent
- under one's nose,
- Semblant,
- out in the open,
- big as life,
- clear cut,
- in dubitable,
- in-dubitable,
- make no bones,
- more semblant,
- most apparent,
- most illusory,
- most semblant,
- open and shut,
- open shut,
- out in open,
- out open,
- out the open,
- self evident,
- selfevident,
- trans parent,
- trans-parent,
- un ambiguous,
- un equivocal,
- un mistakable,
- un-equivocal,
- un-mistakable,
- under nose,
- under one nose,
- under ones nose.
- authentic
- convincing
- disposed
- eventual
- justifiable
- liable
-
logical
- extensional,
- logical,
- well-organized,
- dis criminating,
- dis-criminating,
- ex tensional,
- ex-tensional,
- holding together,
- holding water,
- juridicious,
- more extensional,
- more juridicious,
- more well organized,
- more well-organized,
- more wellorganized,
- most extensional,
- most juridicious,
- most well organized,
- most well-organized,
- most wellorganized,
- re levant,
- re-levant,
- well organized,
- wellorganized.
- pending
- persuasive
-
practical
- in operation,
- workaday,
- matter of fact,
- hardboiled,
- unidealistic,
- in action,
- both feet ground,
- both feet on ground,
- both feet on the ground,
- both feet the ground,
- hard boiled,
- more unidealistic,
- more utile,
- most unidealistic,
- most utile,
- most workaday,
- nuts bolts,
- un idealistic,
- un romantic,
- un-idealistic,
- un-romantic.
- thinkable
- viable
-
available
- come-at-able,
- getatable,
- on hand,
- realizable,
- Securable,
- up for grabs,
- on deck,
- at disposal,
- at one disposal,
- at one's disposal,
- at ones disposal,
- come at able,
- derivable from,
- more come at able,
- more come-at-able,
- more getatable,
- more realizable,
- more securable,
- most come at able,
- most come-at-able,
- most getatable,
- most realizable,
- pre pared,
- pre-pared,
- pro curable,
- pro-curable,
- ready willing able,
- ready willing and able.
- credible
- defensible
- feasible
-
imminent
- in store,
- in the air,
- in view,
- Inevasible,
- in the offing,
- unescapable,
- in the wind,
- on its way,
- on the horizon,
- on the verge,
- to come,
- fast approaching,
- fast-approaching,
- fastapproaching,
- handwriting-on-the-wall,
- in air,
- in escapable,
- in offing,
- in-escapable,
- more fast approaching,
- more fast-approaching,
- more fastapproaching,
- more gathering,
- more handwriting on the wall,
- more handwriting-on-the-wall,
- more inevasible,
- more unescapable,
- most brewing,
- most fast approaching,
- most fast-approaching,
- most fastapproaching,
- most gathering,
- most handwriting on the wall,
- most handwriting-on-the-wall,
- most inevasible,
- most overhanging,
- most unescapable,
- on horizon,
- on verge,
- over-hanging,
- see coming,
- see it coming,
- un avoidable,
- un escapable,
- un-avoidable,
- un-escapable.
-
inevitable
- for certain,
- irresistible,
- unpreventable,
- Ineludible,
- without recourse,
- all locked up,
- de creed,
- de-creed,
- fore ordained,
- in bag,
- in evitable,
- in exorable,
- in flexible,
- in-evitable,
- in-exorable,
- in-flexible,
- more decreed,
- more foreordained,
- more ineludible,
- more unpreventable,
- most decreed,
- most foreordained,
- most ineludible,
- most unpreventable,
- pre scribed,
- pre-scribed,
- un alterable,
- un deniable,
- un preventable,
- un-alterable,
- un-deniable,
- un-preventable.
- plausible
- potential
- prone
- trustworthy
- valid
- all
- seeming, not proven real
-
tending, inclined
- apt.
-
subject
- Substract,
- at feet,
- at one feet,
- at one's feet,
- at ones feet,
- bound by,
- in danger of,
- more enslaved,
- more satellite,
- more subaltern,
- more subjugated,
- more substract,
- most enslaved,
- most subaltern,
- most subjugated,
- most substract,
- most under,
- pro visional,
- sub altern,
- sub best,
- sub missive,
- sub ordinate,
- sub-altern,
- sub-best,
- sub-ordinate,
- subbest.
- real, genuine
- ready for use
- apt
- reasonable, easy to understand
- inclined to a type of behavior
- future, concluding
- possible, doable
- promising, auspicious
- at hand, on the way
- certain; cannot be avoided
- reasonable, well-founded
- answerable, responsible
- probable, apt, hopeful
- clear, obvious
- alleged, supposed
- about to happen
- effective, influential
- reasonable, believable
- likely, attainable
- realistic, useful
- lying down
- moderate, tolerable
- at the mercy of; answerable
- exposed, naive
- believable, feasible
- not probable
- reasonable, practicable
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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