probability

Roget category 472

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.3. Materials for reasoning
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#472. Probability

noun

probability, likelihood — credibleness^† — likeliness etc. adj. — vraisemblance [Fr.], verisimilitude, plausibility — color, semblance, show of — presumption — presumptive evidence, circumstantial evidence — credibility.
reasonable chance, fair chance, good chance, favorable chance, reasonable prospect, fair prospect, good prospect, favorable prospect — prospect, wellgrounded hope — chance etc. 156.

verb

be probable etc. adj. — give color to, lend color to — point to — imply etc. (evidence) 467 — bid fair etc. (promise) 511 — stand fair for — stand a good chance, run a good chance.
think likely, dare say, flatter oneself — expect etc. 507 — count upon etc. (believe) 484.

adjective

probable, likely, hopeful, to be expected, in a fair way.
plausible, specious, ostensible, colorable, ben trovato [It], well-founded, reasonable, credible, easy of belief, presumable, presumptive, apparent.

adverb

probably etc. adj. — belike^† — in all probability, in all likelihood — very likely, most likely — like enough — odds on, odds in favor, ten to one &c. — apparently, seemingly, according to every reasonable expectation — prim=a facie [Lat.] — to all appearance etc. (to the eye) 448.

phrase

the chances, the odds are — appearances are in favor of, chances are in favor of — there is reason to believe, there is reason to think, there is reason to expect — I dare say — all Lombard Street to a China orange.

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