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Synonyms for likely
| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : lahyk-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪk li |
Top 10 synonyms for likely Other synonyms for the word likely
- anticipated
- assumably
- assuring
- attainable
- believeable
- conceivable
- conjecturable
- credible
- destined
- disposed
- doubtless
- doubtlessly
- favorite
- given to
- imaginable
- in all likelihood
- in all probability
- in favor of
- in the cards
- in the habit of
- inferable
- liable
- like as not
- most likely
- no doubt
- odds-on
- on the verge of
- ostensible
- plausible
- practicable
- predisposed
- presumable
- presumptively
- prima facie
- promising
- rational
- seeming
- seemingly
- subject to
- supposable
- tending
- thinkable
- to all appearances
- true
- up-and-coming
- verisimilar
- workable
Définition of likely
Origin :- c.1300, perhaps from Old Norse likligr "likely," from likr "like" (see like (adj.)). Old English had cognate geliclic. Meaning "having the appearance of being strong and capable" is from mid-15c., though now mostly confined to American English; according to OED this sense is perhaps influenced by like (v.). Sense of "good-looking" is from late 15c. Meaning "probably" is attested from late 14c., now principally in American English.
- LIKELY. That may be liked; that may please; handsome. In the United States, as a colloquial term, respectable; worthy of esteem; sensible.--Worcester. [Bartlett]
- As an adverb, late 14c., from the adjective.
- adj probable, apt, hopeful
- adv probably
Antonyms for likely
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