Definition for Likelihood:

• The character of being likely; a probability. likeliness.

Synonyms for Likelihood:

• n.

  •
  • promise,
  • threat,
  • future.
  •
  • likely.
  •attribute (noun)
  • likelihood,
  • likeliness.
  •believability (noun)
  • validness,
  • Believableness.
  •chance (noun)
  • occasion,
  • look-in,
  • break,
  • indications,
  • wager,
  • squeak,
  • odds,
  • look in,
  • time,
  • show,
  • Opportunities,
  • opening,
  • opportunity,
  • scope.
  •contingency (noun)
  • fortuity,
  • emergency,
  • turning point,
  • incident,
  • crossroads,
  • happening,
  • exigency,
  • zero hour,
  • strait,
  • predicaments,
  • pass,
  • Exigencies,
  • if it's cool,
  • crisis,
  • uncertainty,
  • accident,
  • pinch,
  • contingence,
  • juncture,
  • Cross-road,
  • cross-roads,
  • predicament,
  • event,
  • Uncertainties.
  •credibility (noun)
  • satisfactoriness,
  • solidness,
  • solidity,
  • tenability,
  • integrity,
  • trustworthiness,
  • validity,
  • soundness,
  • reliability.
  •eventuality (noun)
  • consequence,
  • issue,
  • effect,
  • result,
  • aftermath,
  • sequel,
  • upshot,
  • outcome,
  • case.
  •outlook (noun)
  • law of averages,
  • risk,
  • PROSPECTS,
  • appearances.
  •plausibility (noun)
  • reasonableness.
  •plausibleness (noun)
  • plausibleness.
  •predisposition (noun)
  • dis positions,
  • pre disposition,
  • pre-dispositions,
  • drutherses,
  • dis-position,
  • dis-positions,
  • pre-disposition,
  • pre dispositions,
  • dis position,
  • cup tea.
  •presumption (noun)
  • pre supposition,
  • pre-mise,
  • pre-supposition,
  • pre-suppositions,
  • sneaking suspicions,
  • apriorisms,
  • shot dark,
  • shot in dark,
  • pre suppositions,
  • pre mise,
  • pre-mises,
  • shot the dark,
  • pre mises.
  •probability (noun)
  • aptness,
  • possibility.
  •prospect (noun)
  • in the cards,
  • irons in fire.
  •supposition (noun)
  • guessing,
  • guesstimate,
  • stab in the dark,
  • rough guess.
  •susceptibility (noun)
  • vulnerability,
  • apt,
  • susceptibility,
  • exposed,
  • tendency,
  • proneness,
  • potentiality.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • feasibility,
  • sporting chance.
  •
  • room.
  •plausibility
  • verisimilitude.

Paraphrases for Likelihood:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    probability, Probabilities.
  • Noun, plural
    Probabilities.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    probability.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    odds.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    likely, unlikely.
  • Proper noun, singular
    risk, Risks.
  • Noun, plural
    PROSPECTS.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    expectation, risk, viability, option, propensity.
  • Adverb
    likely.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Opportunities, reasonableness, plausibility, eventuality.

Antonyms for Likelihood:

• n.

  • attribute
    unlikelihood, unlikeliness.
  • chance
    scheme, assurance, certainty, law, plan, design.
  • contingency
    definiteness, reality, truth, surety.
  • credibility
    improbability, unreasonableness, implausibility.
  • outlook
    past.
  • Other antonyms:
    incredibleness, doubtfulness, dubiousness, impracticality, incredibility, impracticability.

Likelihood Sentence Examples:

• When the latter is an expert with the experience of Captain Armstrong there is little likelihood of serious trouble.

• I mean that yonder vessel, scarcely visible now on the lee bow, is the slaver, in all likelihood.

Homophones for Likelihood:

• loose-jowled, legal holiday, Louis Joliet, logicality, locality, leasehold, low quality, legal duty, low-salt diet, legislate, legality, Louis Jolliet.

Hypernym for Likelihood:

• n.

  • attribute
    odds.

Hyponym for Likelihood:

• n.

  • attribute
    probability.