possible
Within reach, perhaps
Possible describes something that can exist, happen, or be done—not blocked by logic, nature, or circumstance.
It sits between impossible and certain on the scale of likelihood.
Is it possible to finish by Friday?
The noun form names a person or thing that might succeed or be chosen: She's a possible for the promotion.
When someone does everything possible, they exhaust all available options.
The phrase as soon as possible is so common it's often abbreviated ASAP.
Able to be accomplished
- attainableAble to be reached
- doableAble to be accomplished
- workableAble to be implemented
- viableCapable of succeeding
practical · realizable · implementable · executable · manageable · accomplishable · reachable · obtainable
Having good odds
- plausibleAppearing worthy of belief
- credibleWorthy of acceptance
- believableAble to convince
- conceivableAble to be imagined
odds · chance · likelihood · probability · perhaps · maybe · presumably · expectedly
achievable
Able to be accomplished
- attainableAble to be reached
- doableAble to be accomplished
- workableAble to be implemented
viable · practical · realizable · implementable · executable · manageable · accomplishable · reachable · obtainable · within reach
likely
Having good odds
- plausibleAppearing worthy of belief
- credibleWorthy of acceptance
- believableAble to convince
conceivable · odds · chance · likelihood · probability · perhaps · maybe · presumably · expectedly · anticipated
latent
Present but inactive
- dormantInactive but capable
- unrealizedNot made actual
- undevelopedNot fully formed
nascent · budding · emergent · embryonic · incipient · germinal · hidden · untapped · inherent · underlying
option
Available course of action
- alternativeAnother available choice
- choiceAct of selecting
- avenueBroad urban roadway
pathway · opening · route · course · prospect · doorway · gateway · window · outlet · contingency
- probabilityprobability, chance, random, randomness, odds
- certaintycertain, sure, uncertain, unsure, definite
- Double Lettersbookkeeper, Mississippi, Tennessee, Massachusetts, balloon
- scenariosbest-case, worst-case, hypothetical, what-if, best case
- feasibilityfeasibility, viability, viable, practicality, doable
- metaphysicsessence, being, reality, existence, substance theory
possibleimpossible
Incapable of occurring
unfeasible · infeasible · undoable · impracticable · unattainable
possibleinconceivable
Beyond mental grasp
impossible · unthinkable · unimaginable · implausible · improbable
- as soon as possibleAt the earliest time
- if possibleContingent on feasibility
- as much as possibleTo the maximum extent
- whenever possibleAt any opportunity that arises
- not possibleUnable to occur
- infinite possibilities
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