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odds

plural noun

1 the odds are that he is no longer alive:

likelihood, probability, chances, chance, balance.

2 the odds are in our favor:

advantage, lead, edge, superiority, supremacy, ascendancy.

□ at odds

1 he found himself at odds with his colleagues:

in conflict, in disagreement, on bad terms, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, quarreling, arguing, clashing, at daggers drawn, at each other's throats, at outs, estranged;

North American on the outs.

2 his behavior is at odds with the interests of the company:

at variance, not in keeping, out of keeping, out of line, out of step, in opposition, conflicting, clashing, disagreeing, differing, contrary, incompatible, contradictory, inconsistent, irreconcilable, incongruous, discrepant.

□ odds and ends

bits and pieces, bits and bobs, bits, pieces, stuff, paraphernalia, things;

sundries, miscellanea, bric-a-brac, knickknacks, oddments, fragments, remnants, scraps, offcuts, cuttings, snippets, leftovers, leavings, remains, flotsam and jetsam, debris, detritus, litter;

British rubbish;

informal junk;

British, informal odds and sods, clobber, gubbins;

vulgar slang shit, crap;

archaic rummage, truck;

rare knick-knackery.