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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

Example Sentences

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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

They also said that outside survey data indicated that GLP-1 users were likelier to enjoy shopping and appeared to be “more optimistic about shopping” after using those drugs.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Firms that use AI particularly frequently were in fact four percent likelier to hire new staff than average, the economists said in a blog post.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 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

But, surely, it was likelier my bag'd be here than anywhere else in the wood.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell