in all likelihood

Examples

• All

• While various groups have come and gone, the church has remained, and in all likelihood will remain for many years.

  Academic text (1996)

• The field of community-based efforts that seek to catalyze comprehensive change will, in all likelihood, continue to grow.

  Academic text (1997)

• It's not going to impact performance in all likelihood, but they look good, they feel good.

• I have it, my father almost certainly had it, and in all likelihood his father had it too.

  Academic text (1999)

• In all likelihood they will not come for you.

  One Night with the King (2006)

• In all likelihood, her history is the reason they decided to target her.

  Vox Lux (2018)

• I think that in all likelihood there will always be conflict between factions.

  Lex Fridman

• In all likelihood, our Leslie will be leaving us soon in any case.

  Giant (1956)

• Sooner or later, the U.S. Supreme Court in all likelihood will confront Smith's logic.

  Academic text (1997)

• Reflection on such principles suggests that there are, in all likelihood, hundreds of such propositions operative in social life.

  Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

P

probably

vsin all likelihood

∞ 1.0

Likely to happen or be true but not certain

expresses a higher level of expectation and more definite belief than that phrase

C

certainly

vsin all likelihood

∞ 1.0

Showing that something is true or will happen without any doubt

is less absolute and indicates a strong expectation rather than guaranteed truth

S

surely

vsin all likelihood

∞ 1.0

Without any doubt

is milder, indicating strong expectation rather than definite assertion

L

likely

vsin all likelihood

786 1.0

There is a good chance it will happen

expresses a stronger degree of expectation, much closer to full assurance

P

presumably

vsin all likelihood

278 4.3

To say that something is likely but not certain

is stronger and asserts a higher degree of expected occurrence

F

for certain

vsin all likelihood

104 1.3

To be completely sure and have no doubt

is softer, showing strong expectation but not claiming absolute proof

C

chances are

vsin all likelihood

• Informal

81 3.2

It is likely that something will happen

is firmer and gives a stronger expectation of occurrence

I

in all probability

vsin all likelihood

8 3.8

Very likely to happen or be true

is the same meaning but uses different wording

W

without doubt

vsin all likelihood

7 2.3

Says that something is certainly true

is less forceful, presenting a strong expectation rather than an unquestioned fact

O

odds are good

vsin all likelihood

• Informal

2 3.7

There is a good chance it will happen

is more definitive about the outcome, closer to full assurance

T

ten to one

vsin all likelihood

• Informal

1 3.7

Very likely to happen

is similar but expresses the idea in more general language

B

by all odds

vsin all likelihood

1 6.9

Very likely and without any doubt

is milder and indicates a very high expectation rather than absolute proof

Antonyms

U

unlikely

487 1.9

People do not expect it to happen or be true

I

improbable

53 4.9

Not likely to happen or be true

How Likely

certainly

∞ 1.0

in all likelihood

24 3.2

probably

∞ 1.0

possibly

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology