nnoun.cognitiona future prospect or potentialExamples:- this room has great possibilities
Derivationally Related Form:possible
Hypernyms:expectation outlook prospect
Inherited Hypernyms:possibilityexpectationbeliefcontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.statecapability of existing or happening or being trueAttributes:impossible possible
Synset:possibleness
Examples:- there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired
Antonyms:impossibility
Derivationally Related Form:possible
Hypernyms:being beingness existence face of the earth
Inherited Hypernyms:possibilitybeingstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:achievabilityattainabilityattainablenesschanceconceivabilityconceivablenessopportunitypotencypotentialpotentiality
Full Hyponyms:achievabilitybazaarbook fairbrass ringcar boot saleclearance salecloseoutconceivablenesscraft fairdayfire salefresh startgarage salegoing-out-of-business salehearinghunting groundlatencyoccasionopeningopportunitypotentialprospectrealizationroomrummage salesalesayselloffshotstreetthrowwhite sale
nnoun.cognitiona tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomenaSynset:hypothesis theory
Examples:- a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
- he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices
Derivationally Related Form:theorizetheorisehypothecatetheoretictheoreticianhypothesizetheorist
Part Holonyms:theory
Hypernyms:concept conception construct
Inherited Hypernyms:hypothesisconceptideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:assumptionconjectureframeworkgemmulehistoricismhypotheticalmodelspeculationsupposalsuppositiontheoretical account
Full Hyponyms:assumptionbasic assumptionbasisconclusioncopernican systemgemmulegivenhistoricismhypotheticalm-theorymarkov chainmarkov processmean sunmeat and potatoesmodelnon sequiturptolemaic systemrandom walksimulationspeculationstationary stochastic processstochastic processstring theory
nnoun.cognitiona possible alternativeSynset:opening possible action
Examples:- bankruptcy is always a possibility
Derivationally Related Form:possible
Hypernyms:alternative choice option
Inherited Hypernyms:possibilityoptiondecision makinghigher cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:possible