unlikeliness

Questions about unlikeliness

What does unlikeliness mean?

unlikeliness means "the improbability of a specified outcome".

How many syllables are in unlikeliness?

unlikeliness has 5 syllables and divides as un-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 unlikeliness?

Close synonyms include unlikelihood. 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 unlikeliness?

The recorded antonyms are likeliness.

Is unlikeliness a common word?

unlikeliness 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.