probable

English Thesaurus

1. an applicant likely to be chosen (noun.person)

hypernym	:	applicant, applier,
definition	:	a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission (noun.person)

2. apparently destined (adj.all)

similar	:	likely,
definition	:	has a good chance of being the case or of coming about (adj.all)

3. likely but not certain to be or become true or real (adj.all)

similar	:	equiprobable,
definition	:	equally probable (adj.all)

similar	:	presumptive,
definition	:	having a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance (adj.all)

similar	:	verisimilar,
definition	:	appearing to be true or real (adj.all)

4. apparently destined (adj.all)

derivation	:	probability,
definition	:	the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event (noun.attribute)

5. likely but not certain to be or become true or real (adj.all)

antonym	:	improbable, unlikely,
definition	:	not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred (adj.all)

derivation	:	likelihood, likeliness,
definition	:	the probability of a specified outcome (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	chance, probability,
definition	:	a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible (noun.attribute)

6. apparently destined (adj.all)

derivation	:	probability,
definition	:	the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event (noun.attribute)

7. likely but not certain to be or become true or real (adj.all)

antonym	:	improbable, unlikely,
definition	:	not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred (adj.all)

derivation	:	likelihood, likeliness,
definition	:	the probability of a specified outcome (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	chance, probability,
definition	:	a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible (noun.attribute)