prize2, v. 1. value, appreciate, esteem, esteem highly, cherish, hold dear, treasure, set a high value on, rate highly, value highly, make much of; revere, reverence, set great store by, attach importance to, regard, think of as special; admire, hold a high opinion of; like, love, care for, be fond of, hold in affection, adore, hold dear, consider precious; praise, extol, exalt, endorse, hail, respect.
2. evaluate, appraise, Obs. apprise, assess, assay, valuate; price, set a value on, set a price on, fix the price of.
3. gauge, rate, rank, weigh, measure, Archaic, mete, judge, size, Inf. size up; arrive at an estimate; (of value) compute, calculate, ascertain, determine, figure out, figure, reckon, estimate, guess.
prize fight, n. boxing match, match, pugilistic contest, contest in the ring, bout, fight, sparring match; boxing, fisticuffs, sparring.
prize fighter, n. boxer, pugilist, fighter, combatant, battler; Inf. scrapper, SI. bruiser, SI. slugger, SI. pug, SI. mug, SI. palooka, SI. Joe Palooka; contestant, contender, Inf. champ; Inf. has-been, Inf. punch-drunk bum, Inf. stumblebum.
probability, n. 1. likelihood, likeliness, liability, law of averages; expectation, outlook, prospect, distinct possibility; appearance of truth, verisimilitude; chance, possibility, mathematical probability, plausibility, aptitude; good chance, eventuality, favorable chance, even chance; odds-on chance, reasonable chance, sporting chance; good prospect, favorable prospect, well-grounded hope, good expectation, great expectation; off chance, outside chance, remote possibility, long shot.
2. believability, credibility, conceivability, thinkabili-ty; reasonability, plausibility, feasibility, viability, operability, potentiality.
3. favorite, SI. shoo-in, SI. sure bet, SI. sure thing; Inf. front runner, favorite son, best bet.
probable, adj. 1. likely, liable, apt; odds-on, favored, to be expected, in the cards, Inf. two-to-one, potential, contingent; presumable, presumptive, logical, predictable, foreseeable; well-founded, rational, sound, dependable, reliable; doubtless, indubitable, unquestionable.
2. believable, tenable, plausible, credible, admissible, verisimilar; conceivable, thinkable, colorable, imaginable; reasonable, viable, operable, actuable.
3. apparent, ostensible, supposed, alleged, seeming; declared, shown, exhibited, displayed, avowed, said, as it were.
probably, adv. 1. likely, most likely, doubtless, indubitably, unquestionably; in all likelihood, in all probability, Inf. like enough, Inf. as like as not, Inf.