unlikely
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred
legislation on the question is highly unlikely
Related & opposite
- probable antonym
- improbability derivation
- unlikelihood derivation
- supposeda similar to
Sense 2 adjective
has little chance of being the case or coming about
an unlikely story
Related & opposite
- likely antonym
- likelihood attribute
- unlikelihood derivation
- farfetched similar to
- last similar to
- remote similar to
Sense 3 adjective
having a probability too low to inspire belief
Related & opposite
- improbability derivation
- unlikelihood derivation
- implausible similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | probable |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | improbability |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unlikelihood |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | supposeda |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | likely |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | likelihood |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unlikelihood |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | farfetched |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | last |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | remote |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | improbability |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | unlikelihood |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | implausible |