Roget's Thesaurus#470. PossibilityNounspossibility, potentiality; what may be, what is possible etc. adj.; compatibility etc. (agreement) 23. practicability, feasibility; practicableness etc. adj.. contingency, chance etc. 156. Verbsbe possible etc. adj.; stand a chance; admit of, bear. render possible etc. adj.; put in the way of. Adjectivespossible; in the cards, on the dice; in posse, within the bounds of possibility, conceivable, credible; compatible etc. 23; likely. practicable, feasible, performable, achievable; within reach, within measurable distance; accessible, superable, surmountable; attainable, obtainable; contingent etc. (doubtful) 475, (effect) 154. barely possible, marginally possible, just possible; possible but improbably, (improbable) 473; theoretically possible. Adverbspossibly, by possibility; perhaps, perchance, peradventure; maybe, may be, haply, mayhap. if possible, wind and weather permitting, God willing, Deo volente [Lat.], D.V.; as luck may have it. Phrasesmisericordia Domini inter pontem et fontent [Lat.]; the glories of the Possible are ours [B. Taylor]; anything is possible; in theory possible, but in practice unlikely. |