probableadjective
uk/ˈprɒb.ə.bəl/us/ˈprɑː.bə.bəl/B2 likely to be true or likely to happen:
The probable cause of death was heart failure.
An election in June seems increasingly probable.
[ + that ] It is probable that share prices will fall even more.
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possible
Opposite
improbable
More examples
- the probable cause of the accident
- It's possible, though not probable.
- Redundancies seem increasingly probable.
- It seems probable that the situation will only get worse.
- It's highly probable that he'll lose his job.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Possible and probable
- (the) chances are idiom
- always
- anything's possible idiom
- arguably
- as never before idiom
- avenue
- course
- lean
- lean towards sth
- liable
- likelihood
- likely
- sporting chance
- stand
- strange
- stranger things have happened idiom
- strong
- ten
- ten to one idiom
- vista
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