eventuality[noun]Synonyms: possibility, case, chance, contingency, event, likelihood, probability
Contrasted words: antecedent, beginning, root
Related Words: contingency,
possibility [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
e‧ven‧tu‧al‧i‧ty AC /ɪˌventʃuˈæləti, ɪˌventʃuˈælɪti/
noun (
plural eventualities)
[countable] [
Word Family: noun:
event,
non-event,
eventuality,
uneventfulness;
adverb: eventfully ≠
uneventfully,
eventually;
adjective:
eventful ≠
uneventful,
eventual]
formal something that might happen, especially something bad
any/every eventuality
We are prepared for every eventuality. That is an unlikely eventuality. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲