Likely : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'likely': discover synonyms for the word likely, such as probably or probable.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as likely. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": probably and probable.


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Synonyms for likely sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for likely Degree of synonymy of likely Frequency in the language
probably
   40013 280.84  
probable
   40013 3.27  
prospective
   40012 1.33  
plausible
   40012 1.63  
presumed
   40011 1.20  
presumptive
   40011 0.16  
promising
   40011 6.59  
verisimilar
   40009  
credible
   40009 1.65  
potential
   40009 18.82  
believable
   40009 1.41  
expected
   40008 33.25  
apt
   40004 1.75  
belike
   40001 0.14  
liable
   40000 7.24  
equiprobable
   39920  
probability
   30013 2.24  
possible
   30013 114.04  

Lexical field of "likely"

probably
probable
expected
presumed
plausible
potential
promising
apt
liable
credible
presumptive
prospective
believable
belike
equiprobable
in all likelihood
in all probability
verisimilar
unlikely
undoubtedly
presumably
certainly
doubtless
anticipated
likelihood
possibly
surely
definitely
potentially
perhaps
apparently
might
plausibly
able
generally
doubtful
often
conceivably
possible
frequently
could
arguably
suspected
improbable
commonly
typically
inclined
usually
supposedly
possibility