Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Possibility

Nouns
Verbs
  • be possible etc. adj.
  • stand a chance
  • admit of, bear. render possible etc. adj.
  • put in the way of.
Adjectives
  • possible
  • in the cards, on the dice
  • in posse, within the bounds of possibility, conceivable, credible
  • compatible etc. Agreement
  • likely. practicable, feasible, performable, achievable
  • within reach, within measurable distance
  • accessible, superable, surmountable
  • attainable, obtainable
  • contingent etc. (doubtful) Uncertainty, (effect) [Constant sequent.] Effect. barely possible, marginally possible, just possible
  • possible but improbably, (improbable) Improbability
  • theoretically possible.
Adverbs
  • possibly, by possibility
  • perhaps, perchance, peradventure
  • maybe, may be, haply, mayhap. if possible, wind and weather permitting, God willing, D.V.
  • as luck may have it.
Phrases
  • the glories of the Possible are ours" [B. Taylor]
  • anything is possible
  • in theory possible, but in practise unlikely.