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chance
adjective as in accidental, unforeseeable
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Weak matches
adventitious, at random, by-the-way, casual, fluky, fortuitous, fortunate, happy, inadvertent, lucky, odd, offhand, unforeseen, unintentional, unlooked-for, unplanned
noun as in possibility, probability
Strongest matches
break, likelihood, odds, opportunity, outlook, prospect, shot, time
Strong matches
contingency, indications, liability, occasion, opening, scope, show, squeak, wager
Weak matches
noun as in fate, luck
Strong matches
accident, adventure, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, fluke, fortuity, fortune, gamble, hap, happening, hazard, kismet, lottery, misfortune, occurrence, peradventure, peril, providence, toss-up
noun as in gamble, risk
Weak matches
verb as in gamble, risk; endanger
verb as in happen
Strong matches
arrive, befall, betide, break, bump, come, go, hap, light, luck, meet, occur, stumble, transpire, tumble
Weak matches
be one's fate, blunder on, come about, come off, come to pass, fall out, fall to one's lot, hit upon, light upon, stumble on, turn up
Example Sentences
And how does he rate the chances of this happening soon?
The new wave of IPOs is finally giving many funds a chance to exit their early bets.
She may have started two friendlies for Australia last month but her sharpness is still coming back and, in the first half, missed three chances she would be expected to take.
In an age of digital immediacy, film offers up these rare moments of unknowing, these chances for spontaneity.
There is a good chance of seeing the Northern Lights in the early hours of Wednesday or on Wednesday night in many parts of the UK.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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