Likely

Meaning of Likely

adjective
  1. such as well might happen or be true; probable.
    speculation on the likely effect of opting out
    it was likely that he would make a televised statement
    sales are likely to drop further
  2. apparently suitable; promising.
    a likely-looking spot
adverb
  1. probably.
    we will most likely go to a bar

Middle English: from Old Norse líkligr, from líkr (see like1).

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Hyphenation of Likely

Likely

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • Likely is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Likely synonyms

Meaning probable:

probable

Meaning expected:

expected, potential

Meaning probably:

probably, belike

Meaning physically in contact with and supported by (a surface):

on

Meaning able to be done or achieved:

possible

Meaning able to be believed; convincing:

credible

Meaning (of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable:

plausible

Meaning able to be believed; credible:

believable

Meaning possible to be thought of or believed:

imaginable

Meaning regard as probable; expect or predict:

anticipated

Meaning existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind:

natural

Meaning likely to happen at a future date:

prospective

Meaning able to be predicted:

predictable

Meaning stated or estimated as likely to happen in the future; forecast:

predicted

Meaning able to be foreseen or predicted:

foreseeable

Meaning likely to do or to be something:

liable

Meaning completely confident that one is right:

sure

Meaning (of a person's future) regarded as developing as though according to a pre-existing plan:

destined

Meaning be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way:

fated

Meaning right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation:

suitable

Meaning suitable or proper in the circumstances:

appropriate

Meaning apt in the circumstances or in relation to something:

apposite

Meaning having reached such an extreme condition as to be on the point of doing the thing specified:

fit

Meaning suitable or appropriate under the circumstances; right or proper:

fitting

Meaning able to be agreed on; suitable:

acceptable

Meaning denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine:

proper

Meaning morally good, justified, or acceptable:

right

Meaning having sound judgement; fair and sensible:

reasonable

Meaning showing signs of future success:

promising

Meaning feeling or inspiring optimism about a future event:

hopeful

Meaning having a natural aptitude or skill for something:

talented

Meaning having exceptional talent or natural ability:

gifted

Meaning used to convey that what is asserted is very likely though not known for certain:

presumably

Meaning certainly; without doubt:

doubtlessly

Likely antonyms

Meaning not likely to happen, be done, or be true; improbable:

unlikely

Meaning not able to occur, exist, or be done:

impossible

Meaning not likely to be true or to happen:

improbable

Anagrams of Likely

Ilkley

Words that rhyme with Likely

Blakely, rakely, Brackely, Szekely, belikely, ladylikely, likely, manlikely, unlikely, warlikely, Stokely, dukely, lukely

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