coincidences

NOUN

agreement; coexistence

Synonyms

STRONG

accompaniment accord accordance collaboration concomitance concurrence conformity conjunction consonance correlation correspondence parallelism synchronism union

Antonyms

STRONG

difference disagreement disconnection discord division nonconformity refusal separation

WEAK

clash design deviation divergence mismatch plan scheme

NOUN

accidental happening

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accident fate fluke happening

STRONG

chance eventuality fortuity incident luck

WEAK

happy accident stroke of luck

Antonyms

STRONGEST

plan

WEAK

clash design deviation difference disagreement divergence mismatch scheme

Example Sentences

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She complains, meets Jerry, sparks fly, but through a series of tortured coincidences she confuses Jerry for Horace.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

That enigmatic response got the team at the brokerage Baird to look for coincidences between Dorsey and Satoshi.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

In a Facebook post, Koeniz officials wished the public "a lot of fun" in making sense of the "curious coincidences" seven years in the making.

From BBC • May 13, 2025

Most people would accept that in their own lives, accidents and coincidences happen, and some things really are just as they seem.

From Salon • May 7, 2025

This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie