probable
Odds favor it
Probable describes something likely to happen or be true, though not certain.
A probable cause of death is the most plausible explanation.
The probable outcome suggests what you'd reasonably expect.
As a noun, a probable is someone likely to be selected: She's a probable for the Olympic team.
Probable falls between possible and certain on the confidence scale.
Having good odds
- plausibleAppearing worthy of belief
- feasibleCapable of being done
- conceivableAble to be imagined
- believableAble to convince
credible · tenable · possible · potential · presumable · supposable · thinkable · imaginable
Likelihood expressed numerically
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- percentageProportion out of hundred
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- frequencyRate of recurrence
distribution · sampling · variance · confidence · interval · margin · correlation · regression
State of awaiting something
- predictionForecast of coming events
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- projectionSomething that extends outward
conjecture · speculation · surmise · inference · premonition · intuition · hunch · foresight
Staking money on outcomes
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- stakeSharpened post or share
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
longshot · favorite · underdog · bookmaker · handicap · spread · parlay · over-under
Lack of firm belief
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- indecisionFailure to decide
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
- questionableOf uncertain validity
tentative · variable · imprecise · conditional · contingent · inconclusive · undetermined · iffy
likely
Having good odds
- plausibleAppearing worthy of belief
- feasibleCapable of being done
- conceivableAble to be imagined
believable · credible · tenable · possible · potential · presumable · supposable · thinkable · imaginable · anticipated
odds
Likelihood expressed numerically
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- percentageProportion out of hundred
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
frequency · distribution · sampling · variance · confidence · interval · margin · correlation · regression · Bayesian
anticipation
State of awaiting something
- predictionForecast of coming events
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
- presumptionBelief held without proof
projection · conjecture · speculation · surmise · inference · premonition · intuition · hunch · foresight · forecast
betting
Staking money on outcomes
payout · longshot · favorite · underdog · bookmaker · handicap · spread · parlay · over-under · accumulator
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- indecisionFailure to decide
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
questionable · tentative · variable · imprecise · conditional · contingent · inconclusive · undetermined · iffy · dubious
- scenariosbest-case, worst-case, hypothetical, what-if, best case
- certaintycertain, sure, uncertain, unsure, definite
- chancechance, luck, lottery, dice, randomness
- Danger Levelsdanger, high risk, high-risk, low risk, critical
- expectationsexpect, expectation, anticipate, expectancy, await
- temporarytemporary, temp job, interim, temp worker, provisional
probableimprobable
Not likely true
unlikely · implausible · impossible · inconceivable · incredible
- probable causeLegal threshold for searches
- in all probabilityVery likely to occur
- low probability
- not probableUnlikely to occur
- probability theoryMathematics of likelihood analysis
- probability distributionFunction assigning likelihoods to outcomes
probably, probability, improbable, improbability, probabilities, improbably, improbabilities, probabilistic, probable cause