improbableness

Examples

• All

• The improbableness of his survival was astonishing!

• She was fascinated by the improbableness of winning against such overwhelming odds.

• Scientists questioned the improbableness of two such rare events occurring together.

• Can you believe the improbableness of that story?

• The sheer improbableness of the story made it difficult for anyone to believe.

• Scientists questioned the improbableness of two such rare events occurring together.

• She was fascinated by the improbableness of winning against such overwhelming odds.

Synonyms

I

improbability

vsimprobableness

4 7.0

How unlikely something is to happen or be true

is the same meaning expressed as a different noun form

I

implausibility

vsimprobableness

2 8.2

A situation when a story or excuse does not seem true

is about unlikely chance rather than doubt about belief or credibility

U

unlikelihood

vsimprobableness

1 6.9

Not likely to happen or be true

is the same meaning but expresses it with a different word form

U

unlikeliness

vsimprobableness

1 5.6

A low chance that something will happen

is a synonym differing only in ordinary word shape rather than meaning

I

incredibility

vsimprobableness

1 8.8

A feeling of not believing something because it seems unlikely

is milder, focusing on mere unlikelihood, not impossibility of belief

I

implausibleness

vsimprobableness

8.5

A quality that makes people doubt something because it seems untrue

is about being unlikely to happen rather than just hard to believe

U

unbelievability

vsimprobableness

7.0

The quality of being impossible to accept as true

is softer, meaning unlikely rather than nearly impossible to accept

Antonyms

P

probability

473 3.6

The chance that something will happen, often shown as a number or percent

How Likely

certainty

• Literature

202 3.4

likelihood

274 3.6

possibility

∞ 2.0

improbableness

9.4

impossibleness

9.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology