long shot

• POS: Noun Phrase

THESAURUS

long shot

accident, adventure, bare possibility, boom shot, casualty, chance hit, close-up, contingency, contingent, dark horse, deuce shot, equivalent odds, even break, even chance, fighting chance, fluke, follow-focus shot, fortuity, freak accident, full shot, gambling chance, good chance, group shot, hap, happening, happenstance, hardly a chance, hazard, hundred-to-one shot, improbability, kinescope, little chance, little opportunity, long odds, lucky shot, matte shot, medium shot, motion picture, no chance, odds, off chance, outside chance, pan shot, panoramic shot, poor bet, poor lookout, poor possibility, poor prospect, price, process shot, rap shot, remote possibility, retake, short odds, shot, slim chance, small chance, square odds, take, travel shot, trucking shot, unlikelihood, zoom shot

ROGET THESAURUS

long shot

Politics

N politics, political science, candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering, partisanship, ideology, factionalism, election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, recall, initiative, voice, suffrage, plumper, cumulative vote, plebiscitum, plebiscite, vox populi, electioneering, voting, elective franchise, straight ticket, opinion poll, popularity poll, issue, opinion, stand, position, program, platform, party line, democracy, republicanism, communism, statism, state socialism, socialism, conservatism, toryism, liberalism, whigism, theocracy, constitutional monarchy, party, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Socialist Party, Communist Party, Federalist Party, Bull Moose Party, Abolitionist Party, Christian Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, National Socialist Worker's Party, Nazi Party, Liberal Party, Labor Party, Conservative Party, ticket, slate, politician activist, candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front- runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in, supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker, lobbyist, contributor, party hack, ward heeler, regional candidate, favorite son, running mate, stalking horse, perpetual candidate, political animal, political contribution, campaign contribution, political action committee, PAC, political district, electoral division, electoral district, bailiwick, electorate, constituents, get-out-the-vote campaign, political education, negative campaigning, dirty politics, smear campaign, also-ran, loser, has-been, office holder, official, occupant of a position, public servant, incumbent, winner, political, partisan, Money is the mother's milk of politics.