Antonyms for coincidence
koʊˈɪn sɪ dənsco·in·ci·dence

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 12 votes

1. coincidencenoun

   Synonyms:
   coincidence point

2. coincidencenoun

   Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.

   Synonyms:
   coincidence point

3. coincidencenoun

   Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.

   Synonyms:
   coincidence point

4. coincidencenoun

   A coincidence point.

   Synonyms:
   coincidence point

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.6 / 7 votes

1. coincidence

   Analogy is specifically a resemblance of relations; a resemblance that may be reasoned from, so that from the likeness in certain respects we may infer that other and perhaps deeper relations exist. Affinity is a mutual attraction with or without seeming likeness; as, the affinity of iron for oxygen. Coincidence is complete agreement in some one or more respects; there may be a coincidence in time of most dissimilar events. Parity of reasoning is said of an argument equally conclusive on subjects not strictly analogous. Similitude is a rhetorical comparison of one thing to another with which it has some points in common. Resemblance and similarity are external or superficial, and may involve no deeper relation; as, the resemblance of a cloud to a distant mountain. Compare ALLEGORY.

   Antonyms:
   disagreement, disproportion, dissimilarity, incongruity, unlikeness

   Synonyms:
   affinity, analogy, comparison, likeness, parity, proportion, relation, resemblance, semblance, similarity, simile, similitude

   Preposition:
   The analogy between (or of) nature and revelation; the analogy of sound to light; a family has some analogy with (or to) a state.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. coincidence

   Antonyms:
   design, purpose, adaptation, synchronism, anachronism, disharmony, incommensurateness, discordance, variation, difference

   Synonyms:
   chance, fortuity, casualty, concurrence, correspondence, contemporaneousness, commensurateness, harmony, agreement, consent

Matched Categories

1. • Accident
   • Position

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 5 votes

1. coincidence, happenstancenoun

   an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

   Synonyms:
   conjunction, concurrence, co-occurrence, happenstance

2. coincidencenoun

   the quality of occupying the same position or area in space

   "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs"

   Synonyms:
   conjunction, concurrence, co-occurrence, happenstance

3. concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, co-occurrencenoun

   the temporal property of two things happening at the same time

   "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"

   Synonyms:
   conjugation, colligation, connective, attendant, accompaniment, concurrence, co-occurrence, meeting of minds, junction, continuative, conjunction, concurrency, happenstance, concomitant, alignment, conjunctive

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. coincidencenoun

   Synonyms:
   concurrence, correspondence, agreement

How to use coincidence in a sentence?

1. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro:

   We're not believers in coincidences, except for today, and it is an extremely tragic coincidence.

2. Anthony Leiserowitz:

   People are increasingly connecting the dots when they see these weather events happening across the United States, it's about the pattern -- if an extreme event happens once or twice, it's just a coincidence, but three, five, 12, 22 times, seeing record-setting events, seeing 1,000-year event after 1,000-year event happen frequently, people begin to see that larger pattern, that Nature Climate Change is actually affecting the weather today. And that's a new concept for many Americans.

3. Araceli Lopez Nava Vázquez:

   That was a coincidence.

4. A.E. Samaan:

   Eugenics is not just a tool of totalitarianism. Eugenics, as it was conceived, could not be anything but totalitarian as it desired to control all aspects of society. Hitler’s “National Socialist” (Nationalsozialist) form of government was amongst the first to put the full force of its government to conduct compulsory health initiatives. It is by no coincidence that the Dachau concentration camp used its slave-labor to run the largest organic produce farm of the era.

5. David Nykanen:

   The coincidence is just a little too much, it's just a little hard to swallow.

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