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more probable

ADJECTIVE

likely to happen

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apparent credible feasible plausible possible presumed reasonable

STRONG

mortal rational

WEAK

believable earthly illusory in the cards most likely odds-on ostensible presumable seeming

Antonyms

STRONGEST

implausible impossible improbable inconceivable unbelievable unlikely unreasonable

Example Sentences

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From a strictly formal standpoint, it is more probable for the patterns that make up our memories and observations to arise from random entropy fluctuations than from a real sequence of past events.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

The bad news is that since “disordered states are far more probable, you have to work for your well-being and happiness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

A below-average, but potentially positive, return year for 2026 is more probable, with the S&P 500 reaching 10,000 by 2030.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

In the end, we think that what the D.C. panel has done makes a May or June trial a more probable scenario.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2024

The two men argued it was more probable that a single migration had left Asia, and that some people in Haplogroup A were in it.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann