probable
likely to be true or happen
Roots
- -able / -ible: able to be, fit to be, or worthy of
- prob: test, prove, approve, or worth
Other words with the prob root
- approbation: approval or praise
- probity: honesty and moral uprightness
- prove: to show that something is true
- reprobate: morally unprincipled person
Probable originally sits near what can be tested or approved as believable.
Rain was probable, so she packed an umbrella.