Antonyms for chance
tʃæns, tʃɑnschance

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1. chance

   An accident is that which happens without any one's direct intention; a chance that which happens without any known cause. If the direct cause of a railroad accident is known, we can not call it a chance. To the theist there is, in strictness, no chance, all things being by divine causation and control; but chance is spoken of where no special cause is manifest: "By chance there came down a certain priest that way," Luke x, 31. We can speak of a game of chance, but not of a game of accident. An incident is viewed as occurring in the regular course of things, but subordinate to the main purpose, or aside from the main design. Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces. Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent, but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be; we say "he has a chance of success," or "there is one chance in a thousand," where we could not substitute fortune; as personified, Fortune is regarded as having a fitful purpose, Chance as purposeless; we speak of fickle Fortune, blind Chance; "Fortune favors the brave." The slaughter of men is an incident of battle; unexpected defeat, the fortune of war. Since the unintended is often the undesirable, accident tends to signify some calamity or disaster, unless the contrary is expressed, as when we say a fortunate or happy accident. An adventure is that which may turn out ill, a misadventure that which does turn out ill. A slight disturbing accident is a mishap. Compare EVENT; HAZARD.

   Antonyms:
   appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purpose

   Synonyms:
   accident, adventure, calamity, casualty, contingency, disaster, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibility

   Preposition:
   The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.

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1. chancenoun

   Antonyms:
   law, rule, sequence, consequence, causation, effectuation, intention, purpose, design, certainty

   Synonyms:
   accident, fortuity, hazard, haphazard, fortune, random, casualty, befoulment, luck

Matched Categories

1. • Happen
   • Possibility
   • Risk

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1. opportunity, chancenoun

   a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

   "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"

   Antonyms:
   planned

   Synonyms:
   luck, fortune, prospect, opportunity, probability, hazard

2. luck, fortune, chance, hazardnoun

   an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

   "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"

   Antonyms:
   planned

   Synonyms:
   circumstances, luck, jeopardy, lot, risk, destiny, fortune, prospect, hazard, peril, portion, fate, opportunity, probability, endangerment

3. chancenoun

   a risk involving danger

   "you take a chance when you let her drive"

   Antonyms:
   planned

   Synonyms:
   luck, fortune, prospect, opportunity, probability, hazard

4. probability, chancenoun

   a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible

   "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"

   Antonyms:
   planned

   Synonyms:
   luck, fortune, prospect, opportunity, probability, hazard

5. prospect, chanceadjective

   the possibility of future success

   "his prospects as a writer are excellent"

   Antonyms:
   planned

   Synonyms:
   fortune, scene, prospect, view, luck, probability, aspect, prognosis, candidate, opportunity, outlook, expectation, vista, hazard, panorama, medical prognosis

6. casual, chance(a)verb

   occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

   "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"

   Antonyms:
   planned

7. chanceverb

   be the case by chance

   "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"

   Antonyms:
   planned

   Synonyms:
   bump, find, run a risk, risk, gamble, encounter, happen, hazard, take a chance, take chances, adventure

8. gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chanceverb

   take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

   "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"

   Antonyms:
   planned

   Synonyms:
   pretend, encounter, happen, guess, run a risk, gamble, bump, adventure, venture, hazard, jeopardize, stake, take chances, find, take a chance, put on the line, lay on the line, risk

9. find, happen, chance, bump, encounterverb

   come upon, as if by accident; meet with

   "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

   Antonyms:
   planned

   Synonyms:
   line up, detect, recover, kick downstairs, find oneself, befall, take chances, get, get hold, run across, gamble, demote, fall out, find, pass off, retrieve, hazard, knock, rule, notice, meet, determine, see, find out, come about, come up, play, take a chance, encounter, materialize, happen, go on, receive, feel, occur, risk, pass, incur, take place, come across, bechance, observe, run into, adventure, witness, dislodge, run a risk, ascertain, relegate, bump, take on, hap, break, regain, obtain, materialise, discover

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1. chanceadjective

   Synonyms:
   casual, fortuitous, accidental, contingent, random

2. chancenoun

   Synonyms:
   fate, fortune, luck, fortuity, hap, casualty, accident, possibility, likelihood, contingency, opportunity, hazard, jeopardy, risk, uncertainty

3. chanceverb

   Synonyms:
   befall, risk, venture

How to use chance in a sentence?

1. Governor Northam:

   What has happened, I finally had a chance to sit down and look at the photo in detail. It is definitely not me.

2. Adam Riess:

   The Hubble tension between the early and late universe may be the most exciting development in cosmology in decades, this mismatch has been growing and has now reached a point that is really impossible to dismiss as a fluke. This disparity could not plausibly occur just by chance.

3. President Vladimir Putin:

   The ultimate goal was to give people a chance to express their opinion on how they want to live in the future.

4. Jeremy Bailenson:

   What we've shown in our studies is that this virtual touch is well received. You can actually pull emotion from it, people could very accurately, twice above what chance would predict, understand the other person's emotion through this virtual reality touch.

5. Jasmin Argyrou:

   A low AUD is still the best chance of rebooting the economy, but for that to happen the RBA will need to leave the cash rate at record lows, and for a record length of time.

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