prob

Examples

• All

• You know, probs colour that one out.

• Yeah, you've prob'ly already got a stalker, huh?

  Zerophilia (2005)

• Certainly not this winter prob, you know, probably not this spring, but maybe in the summer or fall.

• Fuck, I prob Oh man, websites.

  Funny Or Die

• So I get prob, you know, I get back to Naples.

  Julian Dorey

• OK, so these folks prob not going to travel, but who's going to travel anyway to Europe, prob these folks going to Europe.

• You mean like how you won State, Mr. Varsity Captain, two years-prob more?

  Isleen Pines (2023)

• One, it's prob it is wiser, not as probably it is wiser to enjoy the climb than to reach the summit.

• HEY, YOU KNOW, I'D PAY YOU TO COME OVER AND MOW MY LAWN, TOO, BUT YOU'RE PROB...

  Stacy's Mom (2010)

• I'll prob see you at the party later.

Synonyms

M

maybe

vsprob

∞ 1.0

It might happen or be true

is an informal short spoken or typed form of the same idea

P

probably

vsprob

∞ 1.0

Likely to happen or be true but not certain

is the informal spoken or text form of that meaning

P

perhaps

vsprob

∞ 1.0

To say something might be true

is the much more casual spoken or written version used in texts

P

possibly

vsprob

∞ 1.0

May happen or be true and sometimes makes a request more polite

is the informal shortened spoken or text form often used instead

L

likely

vsprob

786 1.0

There is a good chance it will happen

is used casually in speech and writing rather than in formal settings

I

in all likelihood

vsprob

24 3.2

Very likely to happen or be true

is the casual form common in speech and quick writing

I

in all probability

vsprob

8 3.8

Very likely to happen or be true

is the informal alternative used in casual speech and messages

How Certain

certainly

∞ 1.0

prob

• Texting

9.5

possibly

∞ 1.0

maybe

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology