Possibility

//ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti//

Synonyms for "possibility" (73 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Strong matches (22)

Related words (36)

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9 relation types

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13 entries

More specific

2 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

10 entries

derived

6 entries

derived from

1 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

9 entries

Translations

128 translations across 68 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • mundësi noun (quality of being possible)

Arabic

3 entries
  • إِمْكَانِيَّة noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • إِمْكَانِيَّة noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)
  • اِحْتِمَال noun (quality of being possible)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հնարավորություն noun (quality of being possible)

Aromanian

1 entries
  • pusibilitati noun (quality of being possible)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • ehtimal noun (quality of being possible)
  • imkan noun (quality of being possible)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • магчы́масць noun (quality of being possible)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • вероятност noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)
  • възмо́жност noun (quality of being possible)

Catalan

2 entries
  • possibilitat noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • possibilitat noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 可能性 noun (quality of being possible)

Czech

1 entries
  • možnost noun (quality of being possible)

Danish

1 entries
  • mulighed noun (quality of being possible)

Dutch

1 entries
  • mogelijkheid noun (quality of being possible)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ebleco noun (quality of being possible)
  • eblo noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)

Finnish

3 entries
  • mahdollisuus noun (quality of being possible)
  • mahdollisuus noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • vaihtoehto noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)

French

1 entries
  • possibilité noun (quality of being possible)

Galician

2 entries
  • posibilidade noun (quality of being possible)
  • posibilidade noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შესაძლებლობა noun (quality of being possible)

German

1 entries
  • Möglichkeit noun (quality of being possible)

Greek

4 entries
  • δυνατότητα noun (quality of being possible)
  • δυνατότητα noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • επιλογή noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)
  • πιθανότητα noun (quality of being possible)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • אֶפְשָׁרוּת noun (quality of being possible)
  • אֶפְשָׁרוּת noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • אֶפְשָׁרוּת noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)

Hindi

1 entries
  • संभावना noun (quality of being possible)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • eshetőség noun (quality of being possible)
  • eshetőség noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • esély noun (quality of being possible)
  • kilátás noun (quality of being possible)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • möguleiki noun (quality of being possible)

Ido

2 entries
  • posiblajo noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • posibleso noun (quality of being possible)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kemungkinan noun (quality of being possible)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • possibilitate noun (quality of being possible)

Irish

1 entries
  • féidearthacht noun (quality of being possible)

Italian

2 entries
  • opportunità noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)
  • possibilità noun (quality of being possible)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 可能性 noun (quality of being possible)

Kabuverdianu

4 entries
  • txansa noun (quality of being possible)
  • txansa noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)
  • xanse noun (quality of being possible)
  • xanse noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • мүмкіндік noun (quality of being possible)
  • ықтималдық noun (quality of being possible)

Korean

1 entries
  • 가능성 noun (quality of being possible)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • мүмкүндүк noun (quality of being possible)
  • мүмкүнчүлүк noun (quality of being possible)

Latvian

1 entries
  • iespēja noun (quality of being possible)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • galimybė noun (quality of being possible)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • можност noun (quality of being possible)

Malay

3 entries
  • kemungkinan noun (quality of being possible)
  • kemungkinan noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • kemungkinan noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • സാധ്യം noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • സാധ്യത noun (quality of being possible)

Manx

1 entries
  • jargaght noun (quality of being possible)

Marathi

1 entries
  • शक्यता noun (quality of being possible)

Māori

1 entries
  • āheitanga noun (quality of being possible)

Norman

1 entries
  • pôssibilité noun (quality of being possible)

Northern Sami

2 entries
  • vejolašvuohta noun (quality of being possible)
  • vejolašvuohta noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • mulighet noun (quality of being possible)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • høve noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)
  • mogelegheit noun (quality of being possible)
  • mogelegheit noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • mogelegheit noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • اختیار noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • можлївосц noun (quality of being possible)

Persian

2 entries
  • احتمال noun (quality of being possible)
  • امکان noun (quality of being possible)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Mäajlichkjeit noun (quality of being possible)

Polish

4 entries
  • możliwość noun (quality of being possible)
  • możliwość noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • możliwość noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)
  • możność noun (quality of being possible)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • possibilidade noun (quality of being possible)

Romanian

3 entries
  • posibil noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • posibilitate noun (quality of being possible)
  • posibilă noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)

Romansch

2 entries
  • pussaivladad noun (quality of being possible)
  • pussaivladad noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)

Russian

1 entries
  • возмо́жность noun (quality of being possible)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • mogúćnōst noun (quality of being possible)
  • могу́ћно̄ст noun (quality of being possible)

Slovak

1 entries
  • možnosť noun (quality of being possible)

Slovene

1 entries
  • možnost noun (quality of being possible)

Spanish

3 entries
  • posibilidad noun (quality of being possible)
  • posibilidad noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • posibilidad noun (option or choice, usually used in context with future events)

Swahili

2 entries
  • uweza noun (quality of being possible)
  • uwezekano noun (quality of being possible)

Swedish

1 entries
  • möjlighet noun (quality of being possible)

Tajik

1 entries
  • имкон noun (quality of being possible)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความเป็นไปได้ noun (quality of being possible)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ihtimal noun (quality of being possible)
  • imkân noun (quality of being possible)
  • olabilirlik noun (a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being)
  • olanak noun (quality of being possible)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • можли́вість noun (quality of being possible)

Uyghur

3 entries
  • ئىمكانىيەت noun (quality of being possible)
  • مۇمكىنلىك noun (quality of being possible)
  • مۇمكىنچىلىك noun (quality of being possible)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • ehtimol noun (quality of being possible)
  • imkon noun (quality of being possible)
  • mumkinlik noun (quality of being possible)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • khả năng noun (quality of being possible)
  • sự có thể noun (quality of being possible)

Volapük

2 entries
  • mög noun (quality of being possible)
  • mögod noun (quality of being possible)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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But the possibility seems unlikely.

Source: tatoeba (1440)

We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility for it.

Source: tatoeba (2270)

The chairman did not rule out the possibility of a disagreement.

Source: tatoeba (20004)

The radio warned us of the possibility of flooding.

Source: tatoeba (29793)

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