What are some alternative words for probability?
Synonyms for probability
ˌprɒb əˈbɪl ɪ ti
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term probability.
Princeton's WordNet
probability, chance(noun)
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
"the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"
Synonyms:
luck, fortune, prospect, chance, opportunity, hazardAntonyms:
improbableness, improbabilityprobability(noun)
the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event
"for a while mutiny seemed a probability"; "going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost"
Synonyms:
chanceAntonyms:
improbability, improbableness
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
probability
Synonyms:
likelihood, presumption, verisimilitude, chance, appearanceAntonyms:
unliklihood, improbability, impossibility, inconceivableness
Dictionary of English Synonymes
probability(n.)
Synonyms:
likelihood, presumption, appearance of truth, fair chance, favorable chance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
probability(n)
Synonyms:
likelihood, verisimilitude, credibleness
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "probability":
likelihood, probabilities, probabilistic, chance, possibility, likely, probable
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
probability
Synonyms:
p value
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#1358 | opportunity | |
#1481 | likely | |
#1885 | chance | |
#4175 | possibility | |
#4206 | luck | |
#4235 | appearance | |
#5099 | probability | |
#5816 | fortune | |
#7304 | hazard | |
#7939 | prospect | |
#9477 | likelihood | |
#10461 | probable | |
#16213 | probabilities | |
#20482 | presumption | |
#21353 | probabilistic | |
#130747 | verisimilitude |
How to use probability in a sentence?
A longer, lower commodity price is certainly going to increase the probability of equity financings.
The ECB's move increases the probability of the Fed thinking twice about it, they will want to give the impression that they remain on track to raise rates at the end of the year.
Embrace probability. Only mathematicians and fools have a tendency to embellish certainty.
I do not understand why some would call me an economic oracle. Although I correctly foretasted key economic events in the past 10 years, the truth is that any economic forecasting model can become useless with the change of just one variable. And if we learned anything from experience, the only constant in markets is change. The first rule of economic forecasting is to understand that it is a science of probability not a science of certainty.
The most likely outcome, with a 75 percent probability, is a deal, an unfortunate but predictable feature of European crisis decision-making is that such deals are only ever made at the last minute, 'at the edge of the abyss'.
Translations for probability
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- probabilitatCatalan, Valencian
- pravděpodobnostCzech
- WahrscheinlichkeitGerman
- πιθανότηταGreek
- probabilidadSpanish
- احتمالPersian
- [[todennäköinen]] [[tapahtuma]], todennäköisyysFinnish
- probabilitéFrench
- probabilidadeGalician
- probabilitàItalian
- 確率Japanese
- probabilitasLatin
- varbūtībaLatvian
- веројатностMacedonian
- kebarangkalianMalay
- waarschijnlijkheidDutch
- prawdopodobieństwoPolish
- probabilidadePortuguese
- probabilitateRomanian
- вероятностьRussian
- vjerojatnostSerbo-Croatian
- sannolikhetSwedish
- امکانUrdu
- xác suấtVietnamese
Get even more translations for probability »
Translation
Find a translation for the probability synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
"probability." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2021. Web. 25 Feb. 2021. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/probability>.