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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | game of chance; money gambled |
| Synonyms: | action, ante, betting, chance, down on, hazard, long shot, lot, lottery, odds, odds on, parlay, play, pledge, plunge, pot, raffle, random shot, risk, shot, shot in the dark, speculation, stake, sweepstakes, uncertainty, venture, wager |
| Main Entry: | irrefutable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond question |
| Synonyms: | accurate, apodictic, can bet on it, certain, double-checked, evident, final, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, invincible, ironclad, irrebuttable, irrefragable, irresistible, nof ifs ands or buts, obvious, odds-on, positive, proven, set, sure, unanswerable, unassailable, undeniable, unimpeachable, unquestionable |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, dubious, questionable, refutable, uncertain |
| Main Entry: | likely |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | probable, apt, hopeful |
| Synonyms: | acceptable, achievable, anticipated, assuring, attainable, believeable, conceivable, conjecturable, credible, destined, disposed, expected, fair, favorite, feasible, given to, imaginable, in favor of, in the cards, in the habit of, inclined, inferable, liable, odds-on, on the verge of, ostensible, plausible, possible, practicable, predisposed, presumable, promising, prone, rational, reasonable, seeming, subject to, supposable, tending, thinkable, true, up-and-coming, verisimilar, workable |
| Notes: | apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence use likely if you mean 'probable, expected'; use liable if you mean 'bound by law or obligation' |
| Antonyms: | implausible, inapt, unforeseeable, unlikely |
| Main Entry: | probable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likely to happen |
| Synonyms: | apparent, believable, credible, earthly, feasible, illusory, in the cards, mortal, most likely, odds-on, ostensible, plausible, possible, presumable, presumed, rational, reasonable, seeming |
| Notes: | feasible means capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are; possible means capable of happening or existing; probable means likely but not certain to be or become true or real possible means it could happen or be done; probable means it is likely to happen |
| Antonyms: | improbable, unlikely |
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