1) Chance 2) Likeliness 3) Odds 4) Possibility 5) Probability 6) Prospect 1) Chances 2) Likeliness 3) Odds 4) Option 5) Possibility 6) Probability 7) Viability 
Likelihood (eikos, versimilis) captures the idea that something is likely to happen or to have happened. As a formal concept, it has appeared in jurisprudence, commerce and scholasticism long before it was given a rigorous mathematical foundation. ==Likelihood function== Likelihood is a function of how likely an event is, which is weaker than prob...
• (n.) Likeness; resemblance. • (n.) Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. • (n.) Appearance; show; sign; expression.
A qualitative description of probability or frequency.
1. Appearance; show; sign; expression. 'What of his heart perceive you in his face By any likelihood he showed to-day ?' (Shak) ... 2. Likeness; resemblance. 'There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation.' (Sir W. Raleigh) ... 3. Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. ....
Like'li·hood (-lĭ*hod) noun [ Likely + -hood .] 1. Appearance; show; sign; expression. [ Obsolete] « What of his heart perceive you in his face By any likelihood he showed to-day ?» Shak. 2. Likeness; resemblance. [ Obsolete] « ...
Type: Term Pronunciation: līk′lē-hud Definitions: 1. A statement of the chance that an unknown quantity in reality has a particular value based on the readiness with which it would account for a given set of data; in this way the merits of various competing interpretations may be compared.
[n] - the probability of a specified outcome
likeliness noun the probability of a specified outcome