1. (n.) The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood.

2. (n.) That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth.

3. (n.) Likelihood of the occurrence of any event in the doctrine of chances, or the ratio of the number of favorable chances to the whole number of chances, favorable and unfavorable. See Chance.

a thing for accidentality actuarial calculation actuarial prediction adventitiousness affinity aftertime afteryears anticipation apocalypse aptitude aptness bare possibility bent best bet bias break by-and-by cast casualness certainty chance chances conatus conceivability conceivableness conduciveness confidence contemplation contingency course ahead crystal ball delight destiny determinism diathesis disposition distant future eagerness even chance eventuality expectancy expectation fate favorable prospect feeling for flukiness foreboding forecast forecasting foreshowing foresight foretelling fortuitousness fortuity fortune forward look future future tense futurism futurity gamble good chance good fortune good luck good opportunity good possibility guesswork hap happenstance happy chance heedless hap hereafter hope how they fall immediate future immediate prospect imminence improbability inclination indeterminacy indeterminateness law of averages leaning liability liableness likelihood likeliness liking lot luck main chance moira near future obligation odds odds-on odds-on chance off chance offing omen opportunity outlook outside chance outside hope penchant possibility possibleness posteriority potential potentiality prediction predilection predisposition prefiguration prefigurement prefiguring prejudice presage presaging presentiment preshowing presignifying presumption principle of indeterminacy problematicness proclivity prognosis prognostication project promise proneness propensity prophecy prophesying prospect prospectus random sample readiness reliance remote possibility risk run of luck sensitivity to serendipity small hope soft spot soothsay speculation sporting chance statistical prediction statistical probability sure bet sure thing susceptibility tendency the attainable the breaks the feasible the future the morrow the possible the sweet by-and-by theory of probability thinkability thinkableness thought time ahead time just ahead time to come tomorrow tropism turn twist unastonishment uncertainty uncertainty principle vaticination virtuality warp weakness well-grounded hope what is possible what may be what might be whatever comes willingness