likeliness

Questions about likeliness

What does likeliness mean?

likeliness means "the probability of a specified outcome".

How many syllables are in likeliness?

likeliness has 4 syllables and divides as li-ke-li-ness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for likeliness?

Close synonyms include likelihood. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of likeliness?

The recorded antonyms are unlikeliness.

Is likeliness a common word?

likeliness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.