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Synonyms for likelihood
ˈlaɪk liˌhʊdlike·li·hood
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Wiktionary
likelihoodnoun
Synonyms:
odds, likelinessAntonyms:
unlikelihoodlikelihoodnoun
The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.
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likeliness, oddsAntonyms:
unlikelihoodlikelihoodnoun
Shorthand for likelihood function; the probability that a real world experiment would generate a specific datum, as a function of the parameters of a mathematical model.
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likeliness, oddsAntonyms:
unlikelihoodlikelihoodnoun
Likeness, resemblance.
There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation. (Sir W. Raleigh)
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odds, likelinessAntonyms:
unlikelihoodlikelihoodnoun
Appearance, show, sign, expression.
What of his heart perceive you in his face by any likelihood he showed to-day ? (Shak)
Synonyms:
likeliness, oddsAntonyms:
unlikelihood
Princeton's WordNet
likelihood, likelinessnoun
the probability of a specified outcome
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likelinessAntonyms:
unlikeliness, unlikelihood
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
likelihoodnoun
Synonyms:
probability, verisimilitude
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
likelihoodnoun
Synonyms:
probability, verisimilitudeAntonyms:
unlikelihood, improbability
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "likelihood":
probability, probabilities, risk, chance, possibility, chances, plausibility, reasonableness, odds, likely, opportunity, susceptibility
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#876 | risk | |
#1358 | opportunity | |
#1481 | likely | |
#1885 | chance | |
#4175 | possibility | |
#4995 | odds | |
#5099 | probability | |
#7319 | chances | |
#9477 | likelihood | |
#16213 | probabilities | |
#17794 | susceptibility | |
#34622 | reasonableness | |
#60737 | plausibility | |
#297613 | likeliness |
How to use likelihood in a sentence?
In all likelihood it will be our largest response effort to date.
This is more of a bounce back from yesterday and consolidation ahead of Friday's jobs report as the focus is really going to continue to be the likelihood of a Fed rate hike in the third quarter of this year.
For those companies that have pending maturities on bonds, there will be a more acute pressure on liquidity, in the E&P sector, the likelihood of refinancing high yield debt is very limited right now - investors in that market have been caught by surprise by the fall in oil prices and a lot of these bonds are trading at quite distressed levels.
Most encouragingly in this one, the exit scores we're seeing from women — their likelihood to recommend and how much they enjoyed the film — was higher here than almost any film we've had, it's a great sign for what word of mouth should be for the run, but, two, what it means for how women think about these movies being for them as much as men might.
We suspect that sense of connection to non-parental adults probably adds to the likelihood that teen will flourish.
Translations for likelihood
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- versemblançaCatalan, Valencian
- WahrscheinlichkeitGerman
- ενδεχόμενο, πιθανοφάνεια, πιθανότηταGreek
- verosimilitudSpanish
- egiantzBasque
- احتمالPersian
- samankaltaisuus, todennäköisyys, yhdennäköisyysFinnish
- vraisemblanceFrench
- probabilità, verosimiglianza, verisimiglianzaItalian
- סְבִירוּתHebrew
- 尤度Japanese
- 우도Korean
- сличност, веројатностMacedonian
- waarschijnlijkheidDutch
- prawdopodobieństwo, podobieństwoPolish
- semelhança, probabilidade, verossimilhançaPortuguese
- verosimilitate, probabilitateRomanian
- вероятность, сходствоRussian
- vjerojatnostSerbo-Croatian
- sannolikhetSwedish
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