improbabilities
Things rarely occurring
Improbabilities are things unlikely to happen or be true.
The word often carries a sense of wonder at events that defied expectation: a series of improbabilities led to their meeting.
In statistics and risk assessment, improbabilities are outcomes with very low probability that nonetheless must be considered: The engineer accounted for various improbabilities in the safety analysis.
Unconvincingly unlikely or strained
- inconceivableBeyond mental grasp
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- absurdWildly illogical
ludicrous · fantastical · outlandish · unthinkable · unimaginable · dubious · doubtful · questionable
Likelihood expressed numerically
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- outlierDistant data point
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
variance · distribution · randomness · chance · prediction · forecasting · uncertainty · calculation
Intense sudden wonder
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- incredulityInability to accept something
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
marvel · shock · bewilderment · revelation · unexpected · fluke · coincidence · serendipity
Insufficiency of something needed
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- rarityUncommon occurrence
- uncommonnessState of being unusual
- singularityPoint where values explode
anomalousness · aberration · exception · novelty · uniqueness · peculiarity · sparseness · seldomness
far-fetched
Unconvincingly unlikely or strained
- inconceivableBeyond mental grasp
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
absurd · ludicrous · fantastical · outlandish · unthinkable · unimaginable · dubious · doubtful · questionable · implausible
odds
Likelihood expressed numerically
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- outlierDistant data point
- deviationDeparture from expected path
anomaly · variance · distribution · randomness · chance · prediction · forecasting · uncertainty · calculation · mathematics
astonishment
Intense sudden wonder
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- incredulityInability to accept something
wonder · marvel · shock · bewilderment · revelation · unexpected · fluke · coincidence · serendipity · twist
scarcity
Insufficiency of something needed
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- rarityUncommon occurrence
- uncommonnessState of being unusual
singularity · anomalousness · aberration · exception · novelty · uniqueness · peculiarity · sparseness · seldomness · unusualness
improbabilitiescertainties
Assured truths
inevitabilities · sure things · guarantees · foregone conclusions · givens
improbabilitiesexpectations
Beliefs about future outcomes
predictabilities · commonplaces · regularities · normalities · safe bets
approval, probably, approve, probable, probability, probity, improbable, probation, reprobate