probabilistic

adjective

prob·​a·​bi·​lis·​tic ˌprä-bə-bə-ˈli-stik 

1

: of or relating to probabilism

2

: of, relating to, or based on probability

probabilistically

ˌprä-bə-bə-ˈli-sti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of probabilistic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While new bugs and a lack of debugging tools are serious problems, the challenge of probabilistic outputs is one of the biggest issues facing QA professionals. —Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025

This gives probabilistic preferences for every pair of outcomes sampled from the preference graph, yielding a preference dataset. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

Such qualities are at odds with the inherent probabilistic nature of today’s generative AI, a statistical software that predicts words based on speech and language patterns. —Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025

The probabilistic code is used to control the on and off times of the voltage, based on the frequency of the pendulation. —Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for probabilistic

• anachronistic
• animalistic
• antagonistic
• antiphlogistic
• behavioristic
• cannibalistic
• capitalistic
• characteristic
• collectivistic
• deterministic
• ethnolinguistic
• expressionistic