adv. "He is probably out of the country"

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. within the realm of credibility; "not a very likely excuse"

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"

adj. possible but not certain to occur; "they had to plan for contingent expenses"

adj. appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"

adj. capable of being inferred on slight grounds

adj. existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear power"

adj. apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; "a plausible excuse"

adj. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

adj. within the realm of credibility; "not a very likely excuse"

adj. likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss"

adj. financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"

adj. having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"

adj. apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; "a plausible excuse"

adj. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

adj. likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss"

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. capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"

adj. financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"

adj. capable of being believed; "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"

adj. capable of being imagined; "that is one possible answer"

adj. based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions"

adj. apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; "a plausible excuse"

adj. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

adj. within the realm of credibility; "not a very likely excuse"

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. capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"

adj. financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"

adj. capable of being inferred on slight grounds

adj. appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"

adv. easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election"

adv. from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor"

adv. by reasonable assumption; "presumably, he missed the train"

adv. believed or reputed to be the case

adj. capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"

adj. affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance; "presumptive evidence"; "a strong presumptive case is made out"

adj. effective in or looking toward the future; "he was preparing for future employment opportunities"

adj. has little chance of being the case or coming about; "an unlikely story"; "an unlikely candidate for reelection"; "a butcher is unlikely to preach vegetarianism"

adj. beyond belief or understanding; "at incredible speed"; "the book's plot is simply incredible"

adj. not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"