the state or condition of being possible anything that is possible a competitor, candidate, etc, who has a moderately good chance of winning, being chosen, etc - (often plural)
a future prospect or potential: my new house has great possibilities
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pos•si•bil•i•ty /ˌpɑsəˈbɪlɪti/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ties. something possible:[countable]had tried every single possibility but one.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [uncountable] the state or fact of being possible:the possibility of error.
pos•si•bil•i•ty
(pos′ə bil′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties for 2.
- the state or fact of being possible:the possibility of error.
- something possible:He had exhausted every possibility but one.
- Late Latin possibilitās. See possible, -ity
- Middle English possibilite 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged chance, prospect, likelihood, odds.
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'possibility' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
agnostic
- alternative
- ambiguity
- astrobiology
- burn
- calm
- can
- case
- chance
- choice
- cogitate
- come
- contemplate
- contingency
- could
- credit risk
- dead end
- direct
- door
- dream
- drop-dead
- either
- entrance
- envisage
- envision
- equivocal
- eugenics
- even
- fair
- fear
- fighting chance
- final
- flat
- futurity
- ghost
- grade separation
- grasp
- hazard
- hope
- hypoallergenic
- if
- impossibility
- infinite regress
- laurel
- lest
- long shot
- may
- maybe
- might
- modal