🔄 Synonyms of "Potential"
7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| potencynoun | (usually of men) Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm. |
| latentnoun | Existing or present but concealed or inactive. |
| prospectivenoun | Likely or expected to happen or become. |
| possiblenoun | (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible. |
| potentialitynoun | (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being or having potential. |
| expected | Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur. |
| likelynoun | Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring. |
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Potential"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| potentialitynoun | (chiefly uncountable) The quality of being or having potential. |
| prospectivenoun | Likely or expected to happen or become. |
| possiblenoun | (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible. |
| likelynoun | Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring. |
| expected | Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur. |
| potencynoun | (usually of men) Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm. |
| latentnoun | Existing or present but concealed or inactive. |
| imaginable | Able to be imagined; conceivable. |
| conceivable | Capable of being conceived or imagined. |
| possibilitynoun | A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being. |
| eventualitynoun | A possible event; something that may happen. [from 19th c.] |
| cannoun | (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to. |
| plausible | Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely. |
| possibly | (modifying a clause or predicate) Perhaps; indicates that the proposition may be true (is not certainly false) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker. |
| putative | Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed. |
| likelihoodnoun | The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable. |
| probabilitynoun | The relative likelihood of an event happening. |
| probablenoun | Likely or most likely to be true. |
| couldverb | conditional of can |
| inherent | Naturally as part or consequence of something. |
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