possibility
Roget category 470
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.3. Materials for reasoning
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Possibility
noun
possibility,
potentiality —
what may be,
what is possible
etc.
adj. —
compatibility
etc.
(agreement)
23.
practicability,
feasibility —
practicableness
etc.
adj..
contingency,
chance
etc.
156.
verb
be possible
etc.
adj. —
stand a chance —
admit of,
bear.
render possible
etc.
adj. —
put in the way of.
adjective
possible —
in the cards,
on the dice —
in posse,
within the bounds of possibility,
conceivable,
credible —
compatible
etc.
23 —
likely.
practicable,
feasible,
performable,
achievable —
within reach,
within measurable distance —
accessible,
superable†,
surmountable —
attainable,
obtainable —
contingent
etc.
(doubtful)
475,
(effect)
154.
barely possible,
marginally possible,
just possible —
possible but improbably,
(improbable)
473 —
theoretically possible.
adverb
possibly,
by possibility —
perhaps,
perchance,
peradventure —
maybe,
may be,
haply,
mayhap.
if possible,
wind and weather permitting,
God willing,
Deo volente [Lat.],
D.
verb
— as luck may have it.phrase
misericordia Domini inter pontem et misericordia Domini inter pontem et fontent [Lat.] — the glories of the Possible are ours" [B. Taylor]; anything is possible — in theory possible, but in practise unlikely.The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.
Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.
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