Probable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Likely to happen or to be true: War seemed probable in 1938. The home team, far ahead, is the probable winner.
  • adj. Likely but uncertain; plausible.
  • adj. Theology Of or relating to opinions and actions in ethics and morals for whose lawfulness intrinsic reasons or extrinsic authority may be adduced.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Likely or most likely to be true.
  • adj. Likely to happen.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Capable of being proved.
  • adj. Having more evidence for than against; supported by evidence which inclines the mind to believe, but leaves some room for doubt; likely.
  • adj. Rendering probable; supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of being proved; provable.
  • Having more evidence for than against, or evidence which inclines the mind to belief, but leaves some room for doubt; likely.
  • Rendering something likely, or showing it to be likely: as, probable evidence; a probable presumption.
  • Plausible; specious; colorable.
  • Synonyms Presumable, credible, reasonable.
  • n. A probable opinion; an opinion resting upon good but not sufficient grounds.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. apparently destined
  • adj. likely but not certain to be or become true or real
  • n. an applicant likely to be chosen
  • Equivalent
    Hypernym
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    applicant    applier   
    Synonym
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    likely   
    Rhyme
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    improbable   
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    actual    likely    possible    reasonable    obvious