absurd vs likely

absurd

adj
  • Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly. 

  • Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value. 

  • Dealing with absurdism. 

noun
  • The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence. 

likely

adj
  • plausible; within the realm of credibility 

  • probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring 

  • Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable 

  • attractive; pleasant 

  • appropriate, suitable; believable; promising, having a good potential 

  • leading with high probability to some specified outcome 

adv
  • Probably. 

noun
  • Something or somebody considered likely. 

How often have the words absurd and likely occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )