odds

The word “odds” has 1 syllable: odds

It's pronounced as /ɑdz/


What is synonym and antonym for odds?

In the thesaurus, “odds” has 30 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for odds along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for odds

  • allowance
  • balance
  • benefit
  • chance
  • chances
  • conditional probability
  • contingency
  • difference
  • disparity
  • dissimilarity
  • distinction
  • draw
  • edge
  • favor
  • handicap
  • head start
  • lead
  • likelihood
  • outlook
  • overlay
  • percentage
  • possibility
  • potential
  • potentiality
  • probability
  • prospect
  • start
  • superiority
  • toss-up
  • vantage

Antonyms for odds

  • disadvantage
  • equality
  • improbability
  • likeness
  • sameness
  • similarity
  • unlikelihood

Meanings of odds

  • noun
    1. (diminutive) An odd number.
    2. Something left over, not forming part of a set.
    3. The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.
    4. The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.

Example Sentences

  • The odds of winning the lottery are extremely low, but people still buy tickets every week.
  • Despite the odds against them, the underdog team managed to win the championship.
  • She was surprised by the odds of getting into her dream school, considering how competitive it was.
  • The gambler calculated the odds before placing his bet on the horse race.
  • The odds of encountering a rare bird species in this area are significantly higher during migration season.

On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to odds, such as: allowance, balance, benefit, chance, chances, conditional probability, contingency.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • accumulates
  • accumulations
  • agglomerations
  • aggregates
  • aggregations
  • amasses
  • arrays
  • assemblages
  • assembles
  • assortments
  • bands
  • bars
  • batches
  • batteries
  • blocks
  • bunches
  • bundles
  • caches
  • chains
  • clots
  • clumps
  • clusters
  • clutches
  • collections
  • collects
  • columns
  • concatenations
  • conglomerates
  • conglomerations
  • constellations
  • cues
  • cycles
  • deposits
  • drifts
  • echelons
  • embankments
  • embanks
  • files
  • gathers
  • groupings
  • groups
  • heaps
  • hills
  • hoards
  • hodgepodges
  • huddles
  • invests
  • jumbles
  • knots
  • lays away
  • lines
  • lots
  • lumps
  • masses
  • miscellanies
  • mixtures
  • mounds
  • mountains
  • musters
  • odds and ends
  • packages
  • parcels
  • passels
  • piles
  • processions
  • pyramids
  • queues
  • ranges
  • ranks
  • reserves
  • rows
  • runs
  • salts away
  • sandbars
  • saves
  • sequences
  • series
  • sets
  • snowbanks
  • snowdrifts
  • stacks
  • stashes
  • stores
  • stows
  • strings
  • suites
  • suits
  • sundries
  • the whole kit and caboodle
  • tiers
  • trains
  • tufts
  • varieties
  • wads

gambling

  • action
  • adventuring
  • betting
  • bidding
  • chancing
  • endangering
  • gaming
  • going
  • hazarding
  • imperiling
  • imperilling
  • jeopardizing
  • laying
  • laying odds
  • offering
  • playing
  • putting
  • speculating
  • speculation
  • staking
  • venturing
  • wagering

farrago

  • accumulation
  • admixture
  • agglomerate
  • agglomeration
  • aggregate
  • aggregation
  • alloy
  • alphabet soup
  • amalgam
  • assortment
  • blend
  • bollix
  • botch
  • catchall
  • chaos
  • clutter
  • collage
  • combination
  • commixture
  • composite
  • compound
  • confusion
  • conglomerate
  • conglomeration
  • crazy quilt
  • detritus
  • disarrangement
  • disarray
  • disorder
  • fusion
  • gallimaufry
  • grab bag
  • gumbo
  • hash
  • hodgepodge
  • hotchpotch
  • imbroglio
  • intermixture
  • jambalaya
  • jumble
  • jungle
  • knot
  • litter
  • medley
  • menagerie
  • mess
  • miscellanea
  • miscellany
  • mishmash
  • mix-up
  • mixed bag
  • montage
  • morass
  • motley
  • muddle
  • notions
  • oddments
  • odds and ends
  • olio
  • olla podrida
  • omnium-gatherum
  • pastiche
  • patchwork
  • patchwork quilt
  • potpourri
  • ragbag
  • ragout
  • rummage
  • salad
  • salmagundi
  • scramble
  • shambles
  • shuffle
  • smorgasbord
  • snarl
  • stew
  • sundries
  • tangle
  • tumble
  • variety
  • welter

fag end

  • appendage
  • back end
  • balance
  • base
  • behind
  • bottom
  • butt end
  • buttocks
  • caudal appendage
  • chip
  • conclusion
  • edge
  • empennage
  • end
  • extremity
  • flake
  • foot
  • fragment
  • fundament
  • haft
  • handle
  • hilt
  • hind end
  • hind part
  • hindmost part
  • last part
  • leavings
  • leftover
  • oddment
  • odds and ends
  • pickings
  • piece
  • posterior
  • rear
  • rear end
  • refuse
  • remainder
  • remains
  • remnant
  • residual
  • residue
  • rest
  • reverse
  • rudder
  • rump
  • scrap
  • shank
  • shred
  • sliver
  • splinter
  • stock
  • stub
  • stump
  • tag
  • tag end
  • tail
  • tailpiece
  • tatter
  • tip
  • train
  • tush
  • vestige
  • wagger

garbage

  • absurdity
  • absurdness
  • applesauce
  • asininity
  • balderdash
  • baloney
  • beans
  • bilge
  • bits and pieces
  • blah
  • blah-blah
  • blarney
  • blather
  • blatherskite
  • blither
  • boloney
  • bosh
  • bull
  • buncombe
  • bunk
  • bunkum
  • castoff
  • chaff
  • claptrap
  • codswallop
  • crapola
  • craziness
  • crock
  • crud
  • cull
  • deadwood
  • debris
  • detritus
  • discard
  • double-talk
  • dreck
  • dregs
  • drek
  • drivel
  • drool
  • dross
  • dump
  • dust
  • effluvia
  • effluvium
  • falderal
  • fatuity
  • fiddle
  • fiddle-faddle
  • fiddlesticks
  • filth
  • flannel
  • flapdoodle
  • flotsam
  • folderol
  • folly
  • foolery
  • foolishness
  • fudge
  • gas
  • greek
  • guff
  • hand-me-down
  • hocus-pocus
  • hogwash
  • hoity-toity
  • hokeypokey
  • hokum
  • hoodoo
  • hooey
  • horsefeathers
  • hot air
  • humbug
  • humbuggery
  • idiocy
  • imbecility
  • inaneness
  • inanity
  • insanity
  • jazz
  • jetsam
  • junk
  • kookiness
  • litter
  • lumber
  • lunacy
  • madness
  • malarkey
  • malarky
  • monkey business
  • moonshine
  • muck
  • nerts
  • nonsense
  • nothing
  • nuts
  • odds and ends
  • offal
  • offscouring
  • piffle
  • poppycock
  • punk
  • raffle
  • refuse
  • reject
  • remains
  • riffraff
  • rigamarole
  • rigmarole
  • rot
  • rubbish
  • rubble
  • ruins
  • scrap
  • scrap heap
  • scrapings
  • senselessness
  • sewage
  • silliness
  • slop
  • slush
  • spilth
  • straw
  • stupidity
  • sweepings
  • swill
  • taradiddle
  • tarradiddle
  • throwaway
  • tomfoolery
  • tommyrot
  • tosh
  • trash
  • truck
  • trumpery
  • twaddle
  • two bits
  • wash
  • waste
  • witlessness
  • wreckage

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