predictability
Knowing what's coming
Predictability is the quality of behaving or occurring in ways that can be anticipated.
It can be positive—The predictability of her schedule made planning easy—or negative, suggesting dullness: The movie's predictability ruined any suspense.
Systems, people, and outcomes all have varying degrees of predictability.
Settled regular tendency
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- repetitionAct of redoing
- regularityConsistent, predictable occurrence
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
schedule · regimen · cycle · monotony · sameness · custom · convention · norm
State of awaiting something
- foreseeabilityCapacity to be anticipated
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- expectancyLikelihood of occurrence
projection · prognosis · estimation · prospect · presumption · assumption · conjecture · plausibility
Reliable adherence to standards
- steadinessState of being constant
- uniformityState of being identical
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
- equilibriumState of balance
constancy · invariability · dependability · homeostasis · regularity · even keel · steadfastness · unchangingness
Quality of being unavoidable
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- surenessAbsence of uncertainty
- definitenessQuality of being exact
reliability · dependability · constancy · determinism · predestination · preordination · foregone conclusion · certainty
Simulating long-term atmospheric behavior
- trend analysisExamining directional data shifts
- prognosticationForetelling future events
habit
Settled regular tendency
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- repetitionAct of redoing
- regularityConsistent, predictable occurrence
ritual · schedule · regimen · cycle · monotony · sameness · custom · convention · norm · orderliness
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- foreseeabilityCapacity to be anticipated
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
expectancy · projection · prognosis · estimation · prospect · presumption · assumption · conjecture · plausibility · calculability
consistency
Reliable adherence to standards
- steadinessState of being constant
- uniformityState of being identical
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
equilibrium · constancy · invariability · dependability · homeostasis · regularity · even keel · steadfastness · unchangingness · levelness
inevitability
Quality of being unavoidable
- assuranceFirm promise or certainty
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- surenessAbsence of uncertainty
definiteness · reliability · dependability · constancy · determinism · predestination · preordination · foregone conclusion · certainty · surety
climate modeling
Simulating long-term atmospheric behavior
- trend analysisExamining directional data shifts
- prognosticationForetelling future events
- writing flawstypos, spelling errors, plot hole, plot holes, cliche
- possibilitiespossibility, chance, likelihood, probability, odds
- routineroutine, regularity, habit, pattern, daily routine
- dependabilityreliable, dependable, trustworthy, trusted, steadfast
- steadinessstability, consistency, constancy, steadiness, steadfastness
- problem traitsseverity, complexity, urgency, scope, impact
predictabilityunpredictability
State resisting forecasts
randomness · uncertainty · indeterminacy · chance · chaos
predictabilitychaos
Complete disorder and confusion
irregularity · instability · randomness · erraticness · volatility
predictabilityoriginality
Novel creative quality
spontaneity · inventiveness · unexpectedness · surprise · novelty