Antonyms for possibility

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pos-uh-bil-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɒs əˈbɪl ɪ ti

Definition of possibility

Origin : late 14c., "condition of being possible," from Old French possibilité (13c.) and directly from Latin possibilitatem (nom. possibilitas) "possibility," from possibilis (see possible (adj.)). Meaning "a possible thing or substance" is from c.1400. Related: Possibilities.

noun feasibility, likelihood; chance

Example sentences :

But things are unbearable just until we have them to bear; their possibility comes with them.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Difficulties to conquer can only exist side by side with the possibility of not conquering them.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

I almost think he was unaware of the possibility of doing otherwise.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

She could not allude to such things without at least a possibility of response.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Then it would be doubly hard to Mart to have had the possibility suggested.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

As a matter of exact reasoning, that is quite within the measure of possibility.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Now the possibility had not once suggested itself to his mind.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

As to the possibility, however, the authorities are at loggerheads.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

Miss Baker talked persistently about Bermuda; as if my exile had ever been a possibility!
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

In those days there was no possibility of buying all sorts of music ready printed.
Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent

Synonyms for possibility

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