possibility

Nouns

  • (n) a future prospect or potential
    • this room has great possibilities
  • (n) capability of existing or happening or being true
    • there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired
    possibleness,
  • (n) a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
    • a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
    • he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices
    hypothesis, theory,
  • (n) a possible alternative
    • bankruptcy is always a possibility
    possible action, opening,

Synonyms

possibleness hypothesis theory possible action opening

Antonyms

impossibility impossibleness

Words of close approximity