opportunities

NOUN

lucky chance; favorable circumstances

Synonyms

STRONGEST

convenience event excuse freedom hope moment space time

STRONG

break connection contingency cut fitness fling fortuity go happening hour juncture leisure liberty occasion opening pass prayer probability relief room run scope shot show spell squeak stab turn whack

WEAK

befalling fair shake fighting chance good fortune good luck iron in the fire one's move one's say one's turn the hunt the running

Antonyms

STRONG

closing closure misfortune reality truth

WEAK

bad luck

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opportunities

Both players failed to take break-point opportunities before a match-deciding breaker swung back and forth.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Dynamic reconstruction enables low-loading catalysts to achieve high performance, offering new opportunities for the rational design of efficient catalysts while reducing reliance on high metal loadings."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

There are some opportunities for the company to tackle in streaming, but perhaps not as many as once hoped when Walmart acquired Vizio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

While some men’s inability to see a queer relationship right before their eyes irritates Rosales, she uses these opportunities to clown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

It carried punishments that were different from those for other crimes, explained the judge assigned to his case, a judge who loathed squandered opportunities.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman