IMPROBABILITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of being improbable

Example:

the improbability of such rare coincidences

Synonyms:

improbability; improbableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("improbability" is a kind of...):

precariousness; uncertainness; uncertainty (being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "improbability"):

unlikelihood; unlikeliness (the improbability of a specified outcome)

Antonym:

probability (the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event)

Derivation:

improbable (not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred)