Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (I) Formation of Ideas
Section III. Materials for Reasoning

472. Probability.

   NOUN:PROBABILITY, likelihood; credibleness; likeness &c. adj.; vraisemblance [F.], verisimilitude, plausibility; color, semblance, show of; presumption; presumptive -, circumstantial- evidence; credibility.
  reasonable -, fair -, good -, favorable- -chance, – prospect; prospect, well- grounded hope; chance [See Chance].
   VERB:BE PROBABLE &c. adj.; give -, lend- color to; point to; imply (evidence) [See Evidence]; bid fair (promise) [See Prediction]; stand fair for; stand -, run- a good chance; stand-, run- an even chance.
  PRESUME, infer, venture, suppose, take for granted, think likely, dare say, flatter oneself; expect [See Expectation]; count upon (believe) [See Belief].
   ADJECTIVE:PROBABLE, likely, hopeful, to be expected, in a fair way.
  PLAUSIBLE, specious, ostensible, colorable, ben trovato [It.], well-founded, reasonable, credible, easy of belief, presumable, presumptive, apparent.
   ADVERB:PROBABLY &c. adj.; belike [archaic]; in all probability, in all likelihood; very -, most- likely; like enough; very like; ten &c. to one; apparently, seemingly, to all seeming, as like as not [colloq.], according to every reasonable expectation; primâ facie [L.]; to all appearance (to the eye) [See Appearance].
   QUOTATIONS:

1. The chances are, the odds are.
2. Appearances -, chances- are in favor of.
3. There is reason to -believe, – think, – expect.
4. I dare say.
5. Dollars to doughnuts.—U. S.
6. All Lombard Street to a China orange.