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Synonyms for probably

The synonym for probably recorded in this bank is likely, in the sense "with considerable certainty". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adverb

The synonym for probably

likelyadverb, in the sense "with considerable certainty"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day probably is audited in a second meaning.

The senseadverbTier 1, Foothills

with considerable certainty

He is probably out of the country.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

likely

Same sentence, swapped: He is likely out of the country.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

later
soon
hopefully

Where probably turns up in the game

probably is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play probably

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so probably reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. No sentence here is generated at deploy time.

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