possibleness C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpɑsəbəlnəs/ UK /ˈpɒsɪbəlnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality or state of being possible He pondered the possibleness of a second chance. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality or state of... possibilityfeasibilitylikelihoodpracticability ↔ Opposites impossibility Word family Related forms possiblepossiblypossibility Etymology AI details From possible + -ness. Possible derives from Latin possibilis ('that may be done'), from posse ('to be able'). possibilis Latin posse Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # possibleness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpɑsəbəlnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɒsɪbəlnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality or state of being possible ## Examples - He pondered the possibleness of a second chance. ## Synonyms - possibility - feasibility - likelihood - practicability ## Antonyms - impossibility ## Related Forms - possible - possibly - possibility ## Roots and Affixes - Root: possibilis - Root: posse ## Etymology From possible + -ness. Possible derives from Latin possibilis ('that may be done'), from posse ('to be able'). ## AI Etymology Possibleness comes from possible + -ness. Possible derives from Latin possibilis ('that may be done'), from posse ('to be able'). The historical chain includes Latin possibilis and Latin posse. The quoted older senses, "that may be done" and "to be able", supply the semantic anchors for possibleness. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word possibleness carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "the quality or state of being possible". Related English forms include possible, possibly, and possibility. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown