Meanings
comparative more probably · superlative most probably · alternative obsolete probablely · alternative colloquial slang probally · alternative colloquial slang probly · alternative colloquial slang prolly · alternative Internet Leet proly · alternative Internet pby
- In all likelihood.
He'll probably arrive tomorrow.
5 more examples
She probably has arrived by now.
She has probably arrived by now.
Probably she has arrived by now.
He probably will arrive tomorrow.
Probably he'll arrive tomorrow.
Synonyms: likely, in all probability, more than likely, belike, mostly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn all likelihood.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbwith considerable certainty; without much doubt
adverbeasy to believe on the basis of available evidence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishprobably
- Englishprobably
From Middle English probably, probabily, equivalent to probable + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مِن اَلْمُحْتَمَل, رُبَّمَا
- مِن اَلْمُحْتَمَل (min al-muḥtamal)in all likelihood
- رُبَّمَا (rubbamā)in all likelihood
Basque seguraski
- seguraskiin all likelihood
Bulgarian вероя́тно
- вероя́тно (verojátno)in all likelihood
Catalan probablement
- probablementin all likelihood
Chinese Mandarin 大概, 或許 /或许
- 大概 (dàgài)in all likelihood
- 或許 /或许 (huòxú)in all likelihood
Czech pravděpodobně, asi
- pravděpodobněin all likelihood
- asiin all likelihood
- spíšin all likelihood
- spíšein all likelihood
Danish sandsynligvis
- sandsynligvisin all likelihood
Dutch waarschijnlijk
- waarschijnlijkin all likelihood
Esperanto verŝajne, kredeble
- verŝajnein all likelihood
- kredeblein all likelihood
Finnish todennäköisesti, luultavasti
- todennäköisestiin all likelihood
- luultavastiin all likelihood
French probablement, sans doute
- probablementin all likelihood
- sans doutein all likelihood
- sûrementin all likelihood
German wahrscheinlich, glaublich
- wahrscheinlichin all likelihood
- glaublichin all likelihood
Greek πιθανώς, μάλλον
- πιθανώς (pithanós)in all likelihood
- μάλλον (mállon)in all likelihood
Hebrew כנראה
- כנראה (kanir'é)in all likelihood
Hungarian valószínűleg, valszeg
- valószínűlegin all likelihood
- valszegin all likelihood
Icelandic líklega, sennilega
- líklegain all likelihood
- sennilegain all likelihood
Indonesian mungkin, kemungkinan
- mungkinin all likelihood
- kemungkinanin all likelihood
Irish is dócha
- is dóchain all likelihood
Italian probabilmente
- probabilmentein all likelihood
Japanese 多分, 十中八九
- 多分 (tabun)in all likelihood
- 十中八九 (jitchūhakku)in all likelihood
- 恐らく (osoraku)in all likelihood
Korean 아마
- 아마 (ama)in all likelihood
Latin probabiliter, fortasse
- probabiliterin all likelihood
- fortassein all likelihood
- fortassisin all likelihood
Latvian droši vien
- droši vienin all likelihood
Malay barangkali
- barangkaliin all likelihood
Māori puano
- puanoin all likelihood
Norwegian Bokmål antakeligvis, trolig
- antakeligvisin all likelihood
- troligin all likelihood
- sannsynligin all likelihood
Polish prawdopodobnie, przypuszczalnie
- prawdopodobniein all likelihood
- przypuszczalniein all likelihood
- chybain all likelihood
Portuguese provavelmente
- provavelmentein all likelihood
Romanian probabil
- probabilin all likelihood
Russian вероя́тно, наве́рно
- вероя́тно (verojátno)in all likelihood
- наве́рно (navérno)in all likelihood
Slovak pravdepodobne
- pravdepodobnein all likelihood
Spanish probablemente
- probablementein all likelihood
Swedish nog, sannolikt
- nogin all likelihood
- sannoliktin all likelihood
- troligenin all likelihood
- antagligenin all likelihood
- förmodligenin all likelihood
- troligtvisin all likelihood
Tagalog baká
- bakáin all likelihood
Tamil -ஆம், அநேகமாக
- -ஆம் (-ām)in all likelihood
- அநேகமாக (anēkamāka)in all likelihood
Thai ท่าจะ
- ท่าจะ (tâa jà)in all likelihood
Turkish muhtemelen, her halde
- muhtemelenin all likelihood
- her haldein all likelihood
- büyük ihtimallein all likelihood
Ukrainian пе́вно, імові́рно
- пе́вно (pévno)in all likelihood
- імові́рно (imovírno)in all likelihood
- ймові́рно (jmovírno)in all likelihood
Vietnamese có lẽ, có thể
- có lẽin all likelihood
- có thểin all likelihood
Yiddish מסתּמא
- מסתּמא (mistome)in all likelihood
Cite this entry
probably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/probably
“probably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/probably. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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