probables
Candidates most anticipated
Probables are people or things likely to be selected, succeed, or occur.
Sports reporters list probables—players expected to start or make a team: The starting pitcher is among the probables for tonight's game.
Weather forecasters speak of probables when outcomes are more likely than not.
The word treats probability as a sorting category.
Ordered list of participants
- rosterList of members
- selectionChosen item or items
- startersThings that initiate
- squadSmall working group
shortlist · contenders · favorites · prospects · call-ups · reserves · bench · odds-on
Probabilities of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- likelihoodsDegrees of probability
possibilities · presumptions · assumptions · projections · forecasts · estimates · predictions · outcomes
Guess from limited facts
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- suppositionBelief without proof
- estimationApproximate value judgment
approximation · hedging · contingency · variability · unpredictability · risk · ambiguity · tentative
Allocation across recipients
- p-valueProbability under null hypothesis
- percentileStatistical ranking threshold
- varianceSpread around the mean
- sampleSubset for study
estimation · regression · correlation · hypothesis · significance · Bayesian · posterior · prior
lineup
Ordered list of participants
squad · shortlist · contenders · favorites · prospects · call-ups · reserves · bench · odds-on · tipsters
chances
Probabilities of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- prospectsExpected future outcomes
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
likelihoods · possibilities · presumptions · assumptions · projections · forecasts · estimates · predictions · outcomes · scenarios
conjecture
Guess from limited facts
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- suppositionBelief without proof
estimation · approximation · hedging · contingency · variability · unpredictability · risk · ambiguity · tentative · provisional
distribution
Allocation across recipients
- p-valueProbability under null hypothesis
- percentileStatistical ranking threshold
- varianceSpread around the mean
sample · estimation · regression · correlation · hypothesis · significance · Bayesian · posterior · prior · frequentist
probableslong shots
Unlikely to succeed
doubtfuls · no-hopers · impossibles · uncertainties · maybes
probablesguarantees
Promises ensuring specific outcomes
certainties · sure things · definites · locks · givens
probablesrejects
Refuses or discards
possibles · reserves · alternates · also-rans · dark horses
- probable causeLegal threshold for searches
- not probableUnlikely to occur