Improbability

Definition: Improbability

Improbability

Noun

1. The quality of being improbable.

Date "improbability" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	IMPROBABILITY, n. His tale he told with a solemn face And a tender, melancholy grace. Improbable 'twas, no doubt, When you came to think it out, But the fascinated crowd Their deep surprise avowed And all with a single voice averred 'Twas the most amazing thing they'd heard -- All save one who spake never a word, But sat as mum As if deaf and dumb, Serene, indifferent and unstirred. Then all the others turned to him And scrutinized him limb from limb -- Scanned him alive; But he seemed to thrive And tranquiler grow each minute, As if there were nothing in it. "What! what!" cried one, "are you not amazed At what our friend has told?" He raised Soberly then his eyes and gazed In a natural way And proceeded to say, As he crossed his feet on the mantel-shelf: "O no -- not at all; I'm a liar myself.". Source: Devil's Dictionary.
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Synonym: Improbability

Synonym: improbableness (n). (additional references)

Antonym: probability (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Improbability	Noun: improbability, unlikelihood; unfavorable chance, bad chance, ghost of a chance, little chance, small chance, poor chance, scarcely any chance, no chance; bare possibility; long odds; incredibility.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Improbability

English words defined with "improbability": Dislikelihood ♦ Improbabilities, Inverisimilitude ♦ unlikelihood, unlikeliness. (references)

"Improbability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Improbability" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	40	54,274

Language		Translations for "improbability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pangjashmëri (dissimilarity, dissimilitude, diversity), pamundësi (hopelessness, impossibility, inability). (various references)

Arabic		‏اللاإحتمالية. (various references)

Bulgarian		невероятност (fabulosity, incredibility), неправдоподобност (incredibility). (various references)

Czech		nepravdìpodobnost, nepravdìpodobný případ. (various references)

Farsi		حادثه یاامرغیرمحتمل , عدم احتمال (Unlikelihood), استبعاد (Inaccessibility), دوری (Dish, Distance, Inaccessibility, Paten, Periodic, Serial). (various references)

French		improbabilité. (various references)

German		unwahrscheinlichkeit (implausibility, unlikelihood). (various references)

Greek		απιθανότησ (unlikelihood, unlikeliness), απιθανότητα (unlikelihood, unlikeliness). (various references)

Hebrew		אי סבירות. (various references)

Hungarian		valószínûtlenség, lehetetlenség (impossibility). (various references)

Italian		improbabilit� . (various references)

Manx		neuchosoylaght (contrast). (various references)

Norwegian		usannsynlighet. (various references)

Pig Latin		improbabilityay.(various references)

Portuguese		prisão (accouchement, apprehension, arrest, bastille, bond, cage, captivity, choky, confinement, constrained, custody, detention, during, entente, ex, gaol, jail, jug, limbo, noose, pokey, prison, quad, quod). (various references)

Romanian		improbabilitate. (various references)

Russian		невероятность (incredibility, unbelievability), неправдоподобие (incredibility). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neverovatnost (incredibility). (various references)

Spanish		improbabilidad. (various references)

Swedish		osannolikhet. (various references)

Turkish		ihtimalsizlik, olası olmama. (various references)

Ukranian		неймовірність (impossibility). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính không chắc có thực (improbableness, unlikelihood), chuyện đâu đâu, cái không chắc sẽ xảy ra. (various references)

Welsh		annhebygolrwydd (unlikelihood). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Improbability" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: imbrobability. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "improbability" (pronounced 'Im*prob`a*bil"i*ty'): Ability, Abnormality, Abnormity, Aboriginality, Absorbability, Absorptivity, Abstrusity, Absurdity, Accendibility, Accentuality, Acceptability, Accessibility, Accidentality, Acclivity, Accomplicity, Accountability, Acerbity, Acetosity, Achromaticity, Acidity, Acquirability, Acrity, Activity, Actuality, Actuosity, Acuity, Addibility, Admirability, Admiralty, Admissibility, Adorability, Aduncity, Adverbiality, Adversity, Advisability, Aeriality, Affability, Affectibility, Agaty, Agility, Agreeability, Alacrity, Alamodality, Aldermanity, Algidity, Alibility, Alienability, Alkalinity, Allotropicity, Alterability, Alterity, Alternity, Amability, Ambidexterity, Ambiguity, Amenability, Amenity, Amiability, Amicability, Amissibility, Amity, Amorosity, Amovability, Anaplasty, Anfractuosity, Anglicity, Angularity, Angulosity, Anility, Animality, Animosity, Annuity, Annularity, Anonymity, Anteriority, Antiquity, Anxiety, Appetibility, Applicability, Apprehensibiity, Approachability, Appropinquity, Apriority, Aqueity, Aquosity, Aridity, Artificiality, Asininity, Asperity, Assiduity, Assignability, Assimilability, Associability, Astucity, Atomicity, Atrocity, Attainability, Attractability, Attractivity, Audacity, Audibility, Austerity, Authenticity, Authority, Autoplasty, Autostability, availability, Avidity, Banality, Barbarity, Basicity, Batty, BEAUTY, Benignity, Bestiality, Betty, Bibacity, Biblicality, Biformity, Bilaterality, Biplicity, Bipolarity, Bolty, Booty, BOUNTY, Brevity, Bridalty, Brutality, Butty, Caducity, Calamity, Calidity, Caliginosity, Callidity, Callosity, Caloricity, Canonicity, Canthoplasty, Canty, Capability, Capacity, Capillarity, Captivity, Cariosity, Carnality, Carnivoracity, Carnosity, Casualty, Catholicity, Catty, Causality, Cavity, Cecity, Celebrity, Celerity, Centrality, Centricity, Cerebricity, Certainty, Champerty, Changeability, Charity, Chastity, Cheiloplasty, Christianity, Circuity, Circularity, Circumstantiality, Civillty, Clandestinity, Clarity, Clericity, Clivity, Clotty, Coactivity, Coagulability, Coequality, Coessentiality, Coeternity, Cogitability, Cognoscibility, Cohesibility, Collectivity, Colloidality, Columnarity, Combustibility, Comicality, Comity, Commensality, Commensurability, Commodity, Commonalty, Commonty, Communicability, Community, Commutability, Compaternity, Compatibility, Complexity, Complicity, Comprehensibility, Compressibility, Concavity, Concentricity, Conceptibility, Concinnity, Condensability, Condignity, Conditionality, Conducibility, Conductibility, Conductivity, Confinity, Confluxibility, Conformability, Conformity, Confraternity, Confusability, Congeniality, Congruity, Conicality, Conjugality, Connaturality, Connubiality, Consanguinity, Consentaneity, Conspectuity, Conspicuity, Constitutionality, Consubstantiality, Contemporaneity, Contemptibility, Contiguity, Continuity, Contractibility, Contractility, Contrariety, Controllability, Conventionality, Convertibility, Convexity, Convicinity, Conviviality, Cordiality, Coreplasty, Corporality, Corporeality, Corporeity, Corrigibility, Corrodibility, Corrosibility, Corruptibility, Cosurety, Cotqueanity, County, Credibility, Credulity, Criminality, Crinosity, Crocodility, Crudity, Cruelty, Cullibility, Culpability, Cupidity, Curability, Curiality, Curiosity, Curvilinearity, Curvity, Cutty, Cylindricity, Cytty, Damnability, Debility, Debonairity, Deceptivity, Deciduity, Declivity, Deducibility, Defectibility, Defectuosity, Defensibility, Deflagrability, Deformity, Deiformity, Deity, Demisability, Democraty, Demonstrability, Demurity, Density, Deplorability, Depravity, Deputy, Descendibility, Desirability, Despicability, Destructibility, Deteriority, Determinability, Detestability, Devexity, Devotionality, Dexterity, Dextrality, Diaphaneity, Dibasicity, Dicacity, Didacticity, Difficulty, Difformity, Diffusibility, Diffusivity, Digestibility, Dignity, Dilatability, Dimensity, Dimity, Disability, Disassiduity, Discommodity, Discommunity, Disconformity, Discongruity, Discontinuity, Discoverability, Disensanity, Disformity, Dishonesty, Disingenuity, Disloyalty, Disparity, Disproperty, Disputacity, Disquantity, Disreputability, Disrespectability, Dissimilarity, Dissipativity, Dissociability, Dissolubility, Dissolvability, Distensibility, Disunity, Diuturnity, Diversifiability, Diversity, Divinity, Divisibility, Docility, Docity, Domesticity, Dotty, Doty, Doughty, Drasty, Duality, Dubiety, Dubiosity, Ductility, Duplicity, Durability, Durity, Duty, Dynasty, Ebriety, Ebriosity, Eccentricity, Edacity, Edibility, Educability, Efficacity, Effumability, Egality, Egoity, Elasticity, Electorality, Elementality, Elementarity, Eligibility, Ellipticity, Emotivity, Empty, Enmity, Enomoty, Enormity, Entierty, Entirety, Entity, Ephoralty, Epulosity, Equability, Equality, Equanimity, Equilibrity, Equity, Erectility, Essentiality, Eternity. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-b-i-i-i-l-m-o-p-r-t-y"
	-2 letters: probability.
	-3 letters: bipolarity, impartibly, improbably.
	-4 letters: primality.
	-5 letters: imparity, limitary, military, mobility, molarity, morality, pitiably, polarity, portably, probably.
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