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Definition of Possibility
1. Noun. A future prospect or potential. "This room has great possibilities"
2. Noun. Capability of existing or happening or being true. "There is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
Generic synonyms: Being, Beingness, Existence
Specialized synonyms: Conceivability, Conceivableness, Achievability, Attainability, Attainableness, Potency, Potential, Potentiality, Chance, Opportunity
Attributes: Possible, Impossible
Antonyms: Impossibility
Derivative terms: Possible, Possible, Possible
3. Noun. A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena. "He proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
Generic synonyms: Concept, Conception, Construct
Specialized synonyms: Hypothetical, Gemmule, Framework, Model, Theoretical Account, Conjecture, Speculation, Assumption, Supposal, Supposition, Historicism
Group relationships: Theory
Derivative terms: Hypothecate, Hypothesize, Theoretic, Theoretician, Theorise, Theorist, Theorize
4. Noun. A possible alternative. "Bankruptcy is always a possibility"
Generic synonyms: Alternative, Choice, Option
Specialized synonyms: Possible
Derivative terms: Possible
Definition of Possibility
1. n. The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.
Definition of Possibility
1. Noun. The quality of being possible. ¹
2. Noun. A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being. ¹
3. Noun. An option or choice, usually used in context with future events. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Possibility
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Possibility
Literary usage of Possibility
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1921)
"Overproduction, in the sense of excess beyond the possibility of use, ...
The usual reasoning about it touches more especially on the possibility of ..."
2. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, J. M. D. Meiklejohn (1878)
"But I pass by everything which derives its possibility from reality in experience,
and 1 purpose treating here merely of the possibility of things by means ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literatureby H.W. Wilson Company by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"Possibility AND PROBABILITY The Possibility is that you may not desire a HIGH
GRADE A No. 1 TYPEWRITER at the present time. BUT The PROBABILITY is that you ..."
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