remote chance
Barely possible outcome
A remote chance is a possibility so unlikely it barely registers—distant, improbable, but not quite impossible.
The remoteness suggests something far off on the horizon of probability: There's a remote chance we'll finish on time, but I wouldn't count on it.
Often paired with negatives for emphasis: not even a remote chance.
- slimThin or meager
- unlikelyNot apt to happen
- longshotUnlikely to succeed
- long oddsUnfavorable probability ratio
- outsideBeyond the boundary
faint · improbable · snowball · prayer · wishful · hope · lottery · one in a million · miracle · gamble · odds · distant · farfetched · stretch · pipe dream · dream · dice · luck
- chanceluck, lottery, dice, randomness, probability
- long shotslong shot, longshot, long odds, dark horse, underdog
- surprisessurprise party, unexpected gift, plot twist, unexpected event, unexpected success
probability
remote chancecertainty
Total absence of doubt
sure thing · foregone conclusion · good chance · lock · guarantee
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