Synonyms and antonyms of Not likely to happen in British Thesaurus

unlikely (adjective)

not likely to happen

doubtful (adjective)

not certain or likely to happen or be true

remote (adjective)

not likely to happen

improbable (adjective)

not likely to happen or to be true

inconceivable (adjective)

so unlikely as to be difficult to believe

dim (adjective)

if the chances of something good happening are dim, it is not likely to happen

I don’t suppose ()

used for saying that something is unlikely

you’ll be lucky ()

used for saying that something is unlikely to happen

there is no question of something ()

if there is no question of something, it definitely will not happen

long odds ()

if you say that it’s long odds that something will happen, you mean that it is not very likely

an outside chance ()

if there is an outside chance of something happening, it is just possible but unlikely

bang goes something (British)

Britishinformal used for saying that you now have no chance of getting something you wanted

be too much to expect ()

used for saying that you think something is possible or reasonable even though someone else is unlikely to do it or refuses to do it

chance would be a fine thing ()

used for saying that something that you would like to happen is extremely unlikely

the dice are loaded against someone ()

used for saying that it is very likely that something will not happen

doubtful (adjective)

mainly journalism unlikely to be doing something, especially playing in a match

dream on ()

used for saying that something is unlikely to happen

expect (verb)

spoken used in negative sentences to tell someone not to be too hopeful about something because it is unlikely to happen

fat chance ()

used for emphasizing that you think something is extremely unlikely

iffy (adjective)

spoken unlikely to happen

in your dreams ()

used for saying that something is unlikely to happen

it’s/that’s a big if ()

used for emphasizing that something is not certain at all

let alone ()

used for saying that something is even less likely to happen than another unlikely thing

lightning never strikes twice (in the same place) ()

used for saying that something bad or unusual is not likely to happen again in the same place or to the same person

might (modal verb)

used for saying that there is a possibility that something is true, or that something will happen, especially when it is not very likely

might/may/could just do something ()

used for saying that although something is not at all likely to happen, it is possible

not/never in a million years ()

never: used for emphasizing that something will never happen

not/never in a month of Sundays ()

used for saying that something will never happen

pigs might fly ()

used for saying that something is completely impossible

till hell freezes over ()

used for saying that something is very unlikely to happen

unreal (adjective)

very unlikely to happen or be true

were someone/something to do something ()

used in a conditional clause for describing a situation that is not real or that is very unlikely to happen

what price...? ()

used for saying that you think something is very unlikely to happen

you won’t/wouldn’t catch someone doing something ()

used for saying that it is very unlikely that someone will or would do something