likelier

ADJECTIVE

probable, apt, hopeful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable expected fair feasible inclined possible prone reasonable

WEAK

achievable anticipated assuring attainable believeable conceivable conjecturable credible destined disposed favorite given to imaginable in favor of in the cards in the habit of inferable liable odds-on on the verge of ostensible plausible practicable predisposed presumable promising rational seeming subject to supposable tending thinkable true up-and-coming verisimilar workable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impossible unlikely unreasonable

WEAK

implausible inapt unforeseeable

Example Sentences

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But on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, users were likelier to stumble across news while doing something else.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

Beijing’s general anxiety about the national-security implications of its growing AI industry is a likelier explanation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Exxon Mobil’s defamation case against Rob Bonta looks likelier to go to trial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The Warner Bros. board has said it believes that Netflix’s $82.7 billion proposal offers better value, stronger financing and a likelier path to regulatory approval.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

Intelligent people are likelier than less intelligent ones to escape those causes of high mortality in traditional New Guinea societies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond