Need another word that means the same as “probable”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “probable” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Probable” are: likely, most likely, odds-on, expected, anticipated, predictable, foreseeable, ten to one, potential, credible, possible, feasible
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “probable” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| anticipated | Expected hopefully. |
| credible | Credulous. Completely credible testimony. |
| expected | Considered likely or probable to happen or arrive. The expected high temperatures are well above normal for this time of year. |
| feasible | Likely; probable. The most feasible explanation. |
| foreseeable | Capable of being anticipated. The situation is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. |
| likely | Likely but not certain to be or become true or real. A likely topic for investigation. |
| most likely | Quantifier meaning the greatest in number. |
| odds-on | Having a better than even chance of success. |
| possible | Having as much or as little of a specified quality as can be achieved. It is possible that he will have to return to hospital. |
| potential | Existing in possibility. A potential problem. |
| predictable | Able to be predicted. The market is volatile and never predictable. |
| ten to one | Being one more than nine. |
| able | Having considerable skill proficiency or intelligence. Human beings are able to walk on two feet. |
| arguable | Able to be argued or asserted. A highly arguable assumption. |
| believable | Capable of being believed. A drama that lacks believable characters. |
| bound | Headed or intending to head in a certain direction often used as a combining form as in college bound students. What he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior. |
| chance | Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance. I gave her a chance to answer. |
| connection | (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship. The plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta. |
| credible | Appearing to merit belief or acceptance. Few people found his story credible. |
| likelihood | The state or fact of something’s being likely; probability. Young people who can see no likelihood of finding employment. |
| likely | Likely but not certain to be or become true or real. Likely candidates for the job. |
| odds | The balance of advantage; superiority in strength, power, or resources. He offered odds of two to one. |
| opportunity | A time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something. The night drive gave us the opportunity of spotting rhinos. |
| percent | A proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred. |
| percentage | Personal benefit or advantage. I hope to be on a percentage. |
| plausible | Apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing. It seems plausible that one of two things may happen. |
| possibility | A thing that may be chosen or done out of several possible alternatives. There is no possibility of any government achieving this level of expenditure. |
| possible | The highest possible score especially in a shooting competition. Possible uses of nuclear power. |
| potential | Having or showing the capacity to develop into something in the future. A campaign to woo potential customers. |
| potentiality | Latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness. The technology is still relatively not well known in spite of its great potentiality. |
| presumable | Capable of being inferred on slight grounds. |
| presumptive | Giving grounds for the inference of a fact or of the appropriate interpretation of the law. A strong presumptive case is made out. |
| probability | The quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event. For a time revolution was a strong probability. |
| probably | Almost certainly; as far as one knows or can tell. He is probably out of the country. |
| prospect | The possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring. Norwich s unbeaten heavyweight prospect. |
| prospective | Likely to happen at a future date. Prospective earnings. |
| scientifically | In a way that relates to or is used in science. Scientifically minded people. |
| seem | Seem to be true probable or apparent. I seem to remember giving you very precise instructions. |
| tend | Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something be inclined. The orbit tends to infinity. |
| tied | (of aid or an international loan) given subject to the condition that it should be spent on goods or services from the donor or lender. A neatly tied package. |
| trammel | An adjustable pothook set in a fireplace. We have no wish to be trammelled by convention. |
| volition | The act of making a choice. The exercise of their volition we construe as revolt. |
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