unlikeliness
Remote chance quality
Unlikeliness is the quality of being improbable or not expected to happen.
The word functions as a noun form of unlikely, though *unlikelihood* is more common in formal writing: The sheer unlikeliness of their meeting made it feel like fate.
Both forms work interchangeably.
State of seeming unlikely
- doubtfulnessState of being uncertain
- questionabilityState of being doubtful
- longshotUnlikely to succeed
- remotenessQuality of being faraway
uncertainty · dubiousness · incredibility · far-fetched · slim chance · outside chance · improbable · unthinkable
Departure from the expected
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- outlierDistant data point
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- freak occurrenceHighly unusual event
exception · oddity · irregularity · singularity · peculiarity · uncommonness · infrequency · scarcity
Violent sudden disturbance
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- bewildermentState of being baffled
incredulity · stupefaction · wonder · bombshell · curveball · bolt from blue · twist · revelation
implausibility
State of seeming unlikely
- doubtfulnessState of being uncertain
- questionabilityState of being doubtful
- longshotUnlikely to succeed
remoteness · uncertainty · dubiousness · incredibility · far-fetched · slim chance · outside chance · improbable · unthinkable · inconceivability
anomaly
Departure from the expected
- aberrationDeviation from the norm
- outlierDistant data point
- flukeChance stroke of luck
freak occurrence · exception · oddity · irregularity · singularity · peculiarity · uncommonness · infrequency · scarcity · unusualness
shock
Violent sudden disturbance
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- amazementOverwhelming surprise and wonder
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
bewilderment · incredulity · stupefaction · wonder · bombshell · curveball · bolt from blue · twist · revelation · upset
unlikelinesslikeliness
State of being probable
likelihood · probability · expectedness · inevitability · certainty
unlikelinessplausibility
Seeming likely true
believability · credibility · feasibility · reasonableness · conceivability
like, likely, alike, liking, dislike, liked, unlikely, likeness, likelihood