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Potential

🔄 Synonyms of "Potential"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
potencynoun(usually of men) Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm.
latentnounExisting or present but concealed or inactive.
prospectivenounLikely 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.
expectedAnticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.
likelynounProbable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring.

↔️ Antonyms of "Potential"

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existentnounexisting; having life or being, current; occurring now
actualnounExisting in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.

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WordDefinition
potentialitynoun(chiefly uncountable) The quality of being or having potential.
prospectivenounLikely or expected to happen or become.
possiblenoun(comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.
likelynounProbable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring.
expectedAnticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.
potencynoun(usually of men) Sexual virility: the ability to become erect or achieve orgasm.
latentnounExisting or present but concealed or inactive.
imaginableAble to be imagined; conceivable.
conceivableCapable of being conceived or imagined.
possibilitynounA thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
eventualitynounA possible event; something that may happen. [from 19th c.]
cannoun(auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.
plausibleSeemingly 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.
putativeCommonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.
likelihoodnounThe probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.
probabilitynounThe relative likelihood of an event happening.
probablenounLikely or most likely to be true.
couldverbconditional of can
inherentNaturally as part or consequence of something.

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