odds are
Chances favor that
Odds are introduces a prediction or probability judgment: Odds are she already knows.
The phrase frames what follows as the likely outcome, based on the speaker's assessment of circumstances.
It functions like "probably" but emphasizes that the balance of evidence points one direction: Odds are we'll be late.
- possiblyWith some likelihood
- presumablyTaken as likely true
- likelyHaving good odds
- good chanceReasonable probability of success
- plausiblyIn believable manner
fifty fifty · even money · likelihood · waiting to happen · outcomes · probability · speculation · betting · gambling · colloquialism · prediction · uncertainty · vernacular · forecasting · risk · statistics · percentage · estimation
- gambling lingoall in, ante up, raise the stakes, go all in, high roller
- Possibilitymaybe, perhaps, possibly, could, might
- math expressionsdo the math, add up, crunch numbers, number crunching, number cruncher
odds areslim chance
Low probability outcome
not likely · long shot · fat chance · outside chance · snowball's chance in hell
odds areguaranteed
Promised with certainty
certainly · without a doubt · definitely · for sure · sure thing