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Synonyms of chance

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Another word for chance is transpire. Other synonyms of chance are fortune, hap, accident, casualty and hazard.

Synonyms and similar words for chance

nounRandom occurrence; luck.

  • fortuneDestiny, especially favorable.
  • hapA stroke of good or bad luck, an occurrence or happening, especially an unexpected, random, chance, or fortuitous event.
  • accidentAny chance event.
  • casualtySomething that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
  • hazardA game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes, popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.
  • jossLuck.
  • luckSomething that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
  • serendipityAn unsought, unintended or unexpected, but fortunate, discovery or learning experience that occurs by accident.
  • adventure obsoleteThat which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
  • chance-medley obsoleteLuck; chance; accident.
  • weird archaicFate; destiny; luck.

nounProbability; possibility.

  • eventualityA possible event; something that may happen.
  • contingencyA possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
  • contingentAn event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
  • possibility
  • potentiality

nounWhat befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.

  • destinyThat to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by...
  • doomDestiny, especially terrible.
  • fatalityThat which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.
  • fateAn event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
  • foredoomA doom that is predicted; destiny.
  • foreordinationPrevious ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
  • kismetFate; a predetermined or unavoidable destiny.
  • lotThat which happens without human design or forethought.
  • orlayFate, destiny.
  • portionOne's fate; lot.
  • predestinationDestiny or fate.
  • preordinationThe state or process of things being preordained.
  • qadarDivine intervention in the affairs of humans; fate, predestination.
  • wyrdFate, destiny, particularly in an Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse context.
  • destin obsolete
  • predestiny obsoletePredestination.

verbTo try or risk.

verbTo discover something by chance.

verbTo rob, cheat or swindle someone.

verbMore synonyms

verbTo happen.

Meaning of chance

  1. noun An opportunity or possibility.
  2. noun Random occurrence; luck.
  3. noun The probability of something happening.

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Questions about synonyms of chance

What is another word for chance?
Chance has 44 synonyms on Word.ws, such as transpire, fortune, hap, accident, casualty, hazard, joss and luck.
What does chance mean?
Chance means an opportunity or possibility.

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