Noun

• S: (n) possibility (a future prospect or potential) "this room has great possibilities"
• S: (n) possibility, possibleness (capability of existing or happening or being true) "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
• S: (n) hypothesis, possibility, theory (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena) "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"
• S: (n) possibility, possible action, opening (a possible alternative) "bankruptcy is always a possibility"