possibility
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a future prospect or potential
this room has great possibilities
Types & categories
- expectation hypernym
Related & opposite
- potential derivation
Sense 2 noun
capability of existing or happening or being true
there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired
Types & categories
- being hypernym
- conceivableness hyponym
- achievability hyponym
- potentiality hyponym
- chance hyponym
Related & opposite
- impossibility antonym
- possible attribute
- impossible attribute
- potential derivation
- possible derivation
Sense 3 noun
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
Types & categories
- conception hypernym
- hypothetical hyponym
- gemmule hyponym
- model hyponym
- conjecture hyponym
- supposal hyponym
- historicism hyponym
Parts & wholes
- theory part holonym
Related & opposite
- theorist derivation
- conjecture derivation
- theoretical derivation
Sense 4 noun
a possible alternative
bankruptcy is always a possibility
Types & categories
- alternative hypernym
- possible hyponym
Related & opposite
- potential derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | potential |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | expectation |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | impossibility |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | possible |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | impossible |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | potential |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | possible |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | being |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | conceivableness |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | achievability |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | potentiality |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | theorist |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjecture |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | theoretical |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | theory |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | conception |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypothetical |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gemmule |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | model |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | conjecture |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | supposal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | historicism |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | potential |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | alternative |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | possible |