Definition for Possibility:

• a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; " a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; " he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"

Synonyms for Possibility:

• n.

  •
  • resolution,
  • choice,
  • alternative,
  • potentiality,
  • have your pick of something,
  • conclusion.
  •
  • Possibilities,
  • break,
  • instance,
  • occurrence,
  • hope,
  • the initiative,
  • event,
  • circumstance,
  • scope,
  • window of opportunity,
  • access.
  •
  • odds,
  • likely,
  • promise,
  • future.
  •candidate (noun)
  • whistlestopper,
  • job-hunters,
  • handshakers,
  • write-ins,
  • job hunter,
  • solicitants,
  • job hunters,
  • writein,
  • jobhunter,
  • whistle stopper,
  • writeins,
  • favorite sons,
  • jobhunters,
  • whistlestoppers,
  • write ins,
  • officeseekers,
  • officeseeker,
  • office-seekers,
  • office seekers,
  • whistle-stoppers,
  • whistle stoppers,
  • possible choices.
  •chance (noun)
  • opening.
  •cognition (noun)
  • possibility.
  •contingency (noun)
  • contingence.
  •credibility (noun)
  • tenability,
  • satisfactoriness,
  • trustworthiness,
  • reliability,
  • solidness.
  •danger (noun)
  • exposure,
  • jeopardy,
  • Uncertainties,
  • slipperiness,
  • thin ice,
  • Imperilment,
  • risky business,
  • hot potato,
  • Exigencies,
  • in security,
  • double trouble,
  • insecurity.
  •eventuality (noun)
  • after-maths,
  • go downs,
  • after effect,
  • up shot,
  • out-comes,
  • goingsons,
  • after maths,
  • goingson,
  • out come,
  • up shots,
  • go-downs,
  • out comes,
  • any cases,
  • after math,
  • goings ons,
  • up-shots,
  • out-come,
  • goings on,
  • goings-ons,
  • up-shot.
  •expectation (noun)
  • prediction,
  • looking forward.
  •feasibility, likelihood; chance (noun)
  • fair shake,
  • workableness,
  • fling,
  • toss-up,
  • contingency,
  • fortuity,
  • incident,
  • attainableness,
  • achievability,
  • fluke,
  • action,
  • prayer,
  • play,
  • practicability,
  • happening,
  • stab,
  • shot.
  •hazard (noun)
  • way the cookie crumble,
  • way the ball bounce,
  • hundred to one,
  • way cookie crumble,
  • co-incidences,
  • hundred-to-ones,
  • mis fortune,
  • co-incidence,
  • co incidence,
  • hundred to ones,
  • co incidences,
  • stroke luck,
  • mis fortunes,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • lucky hits,
  • way ball bounces,
  • way ball bounce.
  •hypothesis (noun)
  • hypothesis.
  •outlook (noun)
  • out-look,
  • normal courses,
  • law averages,
  • out looks,
  • out-looks,
  • out look.
  •plausibleness (noun)
  • plausibleness.
  •possibility (noun)
  • possibleness,
  • feasibility,
  • theory,
  • conceivability,
  • possible action.
  •probability (noun)
  • chance,
  • aptness,
  • proneness.
  •prospect (noun)
  • in the cards,
  • irons in fire.
  •resort (noun)
  • re-source,
  • re lief,
  • re-sort,
  • re source,
  • re-sorts,
  • re sorts,
  • re-lief,
  • re sources,
  • re-sources,
  • re sort.
  •risk (noun)
  • shot dark,
  • liablenesses,
  • shot in dark,
  • exposednesses,
  • shot the dark.
  •surmise (noun)
  • sur mises,
  • sur-mises,
  • sneaking suspicions,
  • sur-mise,
  • guesstimates,
  • sur mise,
  • hypo thesis,
  • hypo-thesis.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • triangulation,
  • sporting chance,
  • decision,
  • option,
  • judgment call,
  • Hobson's Choice,
  • decision making,
  • selection,
  • opportunity.
  •
  • occasion,
  • determination,
  • tendency,
  • designation.
  •
  • trade-off,
  • threat,
  • uncertainty,
  • possible.
  •
  • draw.
  •
  • room.
  •
  • call.

Paraphrases for Possibility:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Possibilities.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    options.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    option.
  • Verb, past tense
    option.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    impossibility, potentiality.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    openings, avenues, possible, ability.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Phenomena, facility, idea, possible, danger, suggestion, event, ability, perspective, power, question, right, fact, notion, threat.
  • Verb, past tense
    Allowed, Provided, possible, ability.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    allows, enables, makes, means, possible.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    Capabilities, opportunity, Areas, Opportunities, potential, probability, feasibility.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    eventuality, risk, opportunity, hypothesis, capability, Advisability, Opportunities, viability, potential, practicability, desirability, assumption, scenario, position, choice, faculty, means, probability, permissibility, applicability, susceptibility, feasibility, suitability, occasion, appropriateness, solution, practicality.
  • Verb, past tense
    opportunity, Opportunities, potential.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    opportunity, Opportunities, potential.

Antonyms for Possibility:

• n.

  • feasibility, likelihood; chance
    surety, unlikelihood, plan, unfeasibility, certainty, safety, impossibility, impossible.
  • Other antonyms:
    purpose, intention, law, provision, necessity, foreordination, Ordainment, calculation, fate, appointment, ordinance, preparation, decree.

Possibility Sentence Examples:

• The law for the establishment of this popular force was carried to the very last possibility of demand.

• She saw the possibility of it, the danger that she might yield.

Hyponym for Possibility:

• n.

  • cognition
    outlook, expectation, prospect.