probable

Meanings

Adjective

• Likely or most likely to be true.
• Likely to happen.
• Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
• Capable of being proved.

Noun

• Something that is likely.
• A person who is likely to appear or do a certain thing.

Related

Opposite words

• improbable

Origin

• From Middle English probable, from Old French probable, from Latin probābilis, from probāre; see probe, prove. Compare recent doublet provable.