Home › Words › L › likelinesslikelinesslikeliness means the condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur.EtymologyFrom Middle English liklinesse, lyklinesse; equivalent to likely + -ness.nounThe condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur.Likelihood, probability or chance of occurrence; plausibility or believability.Suitability; agreeableness.e.g.“A new competitor may decrease the likeliness of an old hypothesis, but it will usually not change its loveliness.” — 2004, Peter Lipton, Inference to the best explanation:Likeness; similarity.e.g.“No surely, Reason is both the Gift and Image of God, and every Degree of its Improvement is a farther Degree of Likeliness to him.” — 1727, Robert South, Twelve Sermons:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.likely 73% match — Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring. vs likeliness →unlikeliness 70% match — The property of being unlikely, improbability. vs likeliness →unlikelihood 69% match — Absence of likelihood; the state of being unlikely or improbable; improbability. vs likeliness →improbability 68% match — The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood. vs likeliness →improbableness 66% match — The quality of being improbable. vs likeliness →seemlihood 66% match — The state, condition, or quality of being seemly; seemliness. vs likeliness →likeness 66% match — The state or quality of being like or alike. vs likeliness →belikely 63% match — Probably. vs likeliness →