Likely

[adv] with considerable certainty; without much doubt; "He is probably out of the country"; "in all likelihood we are headed for war"
[adj] within the realm of credibility; "not a very likely excuse"; "a plausible story"
[adj] has a good chance of being the case or of coming about; "these services are likely to be available to us all before long"; "she is likely to forget"; "a likely place for a restaurant"; "the broken limb is likely to fall"; "rain is likely"; "a likely topic for investigation"; "likely candidates for the job"
[adj] likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss"
[adj] expected to become or be; in prospect; "potential clients"; "expected income"

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Synonyms

apt(p), believable, belike, credible, equiprobable, expected, in all likelihood, in all probability, liable(p), plausible, potential, presumed(a), presumptive, probable, probably, promising, prospective, verisimilar

Antonyms

improbable, unlikely

Related Terms

a propos, able, acceptable, ad rem, adapted, advantageous, advisable, agreeable, amply endowed, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, apt to, assumably, becoming, befitting, bent, bonny, braw, built, built for comfort, buxom, by all odds, calli