possible
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something that can be done
politics is the art of the possible
Types & categories
- possible action hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
capable of happening or existing
a breakthrough may be possible next year
Related & opposite
- likely also see
- practical also see
- realistic also see
- thinkable also see
- impossible antonym
- possibleness attribute
- possibleness derivation
- accomplishable similar to
- affirmable similar to
- come-at-able similar to
- contingent similar to
- viable similar to
- mathematical similar to
Sense 3 noun
an applicant who might be suitable
Types & categories
- applier hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
existing in possibility
a potential problem
Related & opposite
- actual antonym
- potentiality attribute
- possible action derivation
- possibility derivation
- possibleness derivation
- potentiality derivation
- latent similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | possible action |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | likely |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | practical |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | realistic |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | thinkable |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | impossible |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | possibleness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | possibleness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | accomplishable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | affirmable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | come-at-able |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | contingent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | viable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | mathematical |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | applier |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | actual |
| 4 | attribute | Related & opposite | potentiality |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | possible action |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | possibility |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | possibleness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | potentiality |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | latent |