n. 25B6; plural noun
the odds are that he is no longer alive : LIKELIHOOD, probability, chances, chance, balance.
the odds are in our favour : ADVANTAGE, edge; superiority, supremacy, ascendancy.
25A0; at odds
he was at odds with his colleagues : IN CONFLICT, in disagreement, on bad terms, at cross purposes, at loggerheads, quarrelling, arguing, at daggers drawn, at each other's throats; N. Amer. on the outs.
behaviour at odds with the interests of the company : AT VARIANCE, out of keeping, out of line, in opposition, conflicting, contrary, incompatible, inconsistent, irreconcilable.
25A0; odds and ends BITS AND PIECES, bits and bobs, bits, pieces, stuff, paraphernalia, things, sundries, miscellanea, bric-a-brac, knick-knacks, oddments; informal junk; Brit. informal odds and sods, clobber, gubbins.