likelihoods
Chances of occurrence
Likelihoods are probabilities or chances of something happening.
The plural appears most often in technical contexts—statistics, risk assessment, scientific modeling—where multiple scenarios are being compared: We calculated the likelihoods of each outcome.
In everyday speech, the singular likelihood dominates: What's the likelihood of rain?
Quantified chances of events
- chancesProbabilities of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- distributionsActs of parceling out
- statisticsCollected numerical information
randomness · variance · frequentist · p-value · confidence · estimation · calculation · inference
Likelihood expressed numerically
- wageringRisking money on outcomes
- bookmakerOne who takes bets
- longshotUnlikely to succeed
- favoriteMost liked option
underdog · spread · moneyline · parlay · over-under · stake · punter · bookie
Predicts future conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- predictionsForecasts of future events
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
estimations · anticipation · speculation · conjecture · assumptions · hypotheses · models · scenarios
Lack of predictable pattern
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- fortuityAccidental lucky occurrence
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
contingency · uncertainty · indeterminacy · possibility · eventuality · happenstance
probabilities
Quantified chances of events
- chancesProbabilities of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- distributionsActs of parceling out
statistics · randomness · variance · frequentist · p-value · confidence · estimation · calculation · inference · correlation
odds
Likelihood expressed numerically
favorite · underdog · spread · moneyline · parlay · over-under · stake · punter · bookie · payout
forecasts
Predicts future conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- predictionsForecasts of future events
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
prospects · estimations · anticipation · speculation · conjecture · assumptions · hypotheses · models · scenarios · outcomes
randomness
Lack of predictable pattern
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- fortuityAccidental lucky occurrence
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
coincidence · contingency · uncertainty · indeterminacy · possibility · eventuality · happenstance
- What Could Happenoutcomes, scenarios, possibilities, probabilities, hypotheticals
likelihoodsimprobabilities
Things unlikely to happen
unlikelihoods · impossibilities · implausibilities · long shots · outside chances
likelihoodscertainties
Assured truths
guarantees · sure things · absolutes · foregone conclusions · impossibilities
- in all likelihoodAlmost certainly true