LIKELINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The probability of a specified outcome

Synonyms:

likelihood; likeliness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

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

Attribute:

likely (has a good chance of being the case or of coming about)

unlikely (has little chance of being the case or coming about)

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

odds (the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring)

Antonym:

unlikeliness (the improbability of a specified outcome)

Derivation:

likely (has a good chance of being the case or of coming about)

likely (likely but not certain to be or become true or real)

likely (expected to become or be; in prospect)