Synonyms for Likely
ˈlaɪk lilike·ly

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1. likelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   liable

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1. likely

   Apt implies a natural fitness or tendency; an impetuous person is apt to speak hastily. Liable refers to a contingency regarded as unfavorable; as, the ship was liable to founder at any moment. Likely refers to a contingent event regarded as very probable, and usually, tho not always, favorable; as, an industrious worker is likely to succeed. Credible signifies readily to be believed; as, a credible narrative; likely in such connection is used ironically to signify the reverse; as, a likely story! A thing is conceivable of which the mind can entertain the possibility; a thing is conjectural which is conjectured as possible or probable without other support than a conjecture, or tentative judgment; a thing is presumable which, from what is antecedently known, may betaken for granted in advance of proof. Reasonable in this connection signifies such as the reason can be satisfied with, independently of external grounds for belief or disbelief; as, that seems a reasonable supposition. Compare APPARENT.

   Synonyms:
   apt, conceivable, conjectural, credible, liable, presumable, probable, reasonable

   Antonyms:
   doubtful, dubious, improbable, incredible, questionable, unlikely, unreasonable

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1. likelyadjective

   has a good chance of being the case or of coming about

   "these services are likely to be available to us all before long"; "she is likely to forget"; "a likely place for a restaurant"; "the broken limb is likely to fall"; "rain is likely"; "a likely topic for investigation"; "likely candidates for the job"

   Synonyms:
   potential, probable

   Antonyms:
   farfetched, remote, outside, unlikely, incredible, implausible, last, unbelievable, retrospective

2. probable, likelyadjective

   likely but not certain to be or become true or real

   "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss"

   Synonyms:
   potential, likely, probable

   Antonyms:
   farfetched, unlikely, incredible, unbelievable, last, implausible, retrospective, remote, outside

3. likely, potentialadjective

   expected to become or be; in prospect

   "potential clients"

   Synonyms:
   potential, possible, likely, probable

   Antonyms:
   unlikely, farfetched, retrospective, incredible, implausible, unbelievable, remote, last, outside

4. likelyadverb

   within the realm of credibility

   "not a very likely excuse"

   Synonyms:
   potential, probable

   Antonyms:
   incredible, unbelievable, implausible, farfetched, outside, remote, retrospective, last, unlikely

5. probably, likely, in all likelihood, in all probability, belikeadverb

   with considerable certainty; without much doubt

   "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"

   Synonyms:
   credibly, in all probability, probably, likely, believably, in all likelihood, belike, plausibly

   Antonyms:
   remote, unlikely, outside, farfetched, last, unbelievable, incredible, retrospective, implausible

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1. likelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   probable, credible

2. likelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   in a fair way, to be expected

3. likelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   pleasing, agreeable, that may be liked

4. likelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial, U. S.] respectable, worthy, estimable, of good reputation

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1. likelyadjective

   Synonyms:
   probable, verisimilar, good-looking, comely, appropriate

   Antonyms:
   unlikely, improbable

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1. List of paraphrases for "likely":

   probable, probably, susceptible, presumably, unlikely, possible, inclined, potential, liable, prone, possibly, capable, plausible, risk, apt, likelihood, perhaps, potentially, probability, expected

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1. Mohamed El-Erian:

   Notwithstanding the headwinds from abroad, the Fed is likely to hike this year at least once, and possibly twice.

2. Jason Merrick:

   When you look at the opposite, those that are not engaged in treatment and not engaged in programming, 70 percent are likely to come back. So it's exactly flipped, no one has to die.

3. Andrew Sheets:

   Yellen's two speeches on May 27 and June 6 ahead of the June FOMC become critical in shaping that risk premium. A reiteration of the hawkish minutes will likely lead to front-end steepening and push USD higher.

4. Philip Petursson:

   On the belief that oil prices are not likely to remain this low for an extended period of time, then there are definitely some bargains to be had with the oil producers.

5. Kristian Andersen:

   We know from the SARS-CoV-2 genetic data that the pandemic started in late November / early December in China so there's absolutely no way the virus could have been spreading widely in December 2019. From the same genetic data we know that widespread transmission didn't start in the United States until( around) February 2020, the paper is picking up spurious signals and the hospitalizations are more likely from flu or other respiratory diseases.