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likelier

ADJECTIVE

probable, apt, hopeful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable expected fair feasible inclined possible prone reasonable

WEAK

achievable anticipated assuring attainable believeable conceivable conjecturable credible destined disposed favorite given to imaginable in favor of in the cards in the habit of inferable liable odds-on on the verge of ostensible plausible practicable predisposed presumable promising rational seeming subject to supposable tending thinkable true up-and-coming verisimilar workable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impossible unlikely unreasonable

WEAK

implausible inapt unforeseeable

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likelier

Beijing’s general anxiety about the national-security implications of its growing AI industry is a likelier explanation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

Elsewhere, they have said that tax breaks last year’s “Big Beautiful Bill” legislation could free up consumers’ spending, benefiting the higher-income shoppers that are likelier to buy from Chipotle.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026

The likelier explanation is that Greene is plotting a return, possibly to run for president in 2028.

From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2026

But despite the presence of Aubameyang and regular Los Angeles FC scorer Denis Bouanga in the Gabon frontline, it was Cameroon who continuously looked likelier to score.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

Intelligent people are likelier than less intelligent ones to escape those causes of high mortality in traditional New Guinea societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond