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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'CHANCE'

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1. (noun) opportunity, chance
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
Synonyms: luck, fortune, prospect, chance, opportunity, probability, hazard
Antonyms: planned

2. (noun) luck, fortune, chance, hazard
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
Synonyms: circumstances, luck, jeopardy, chance, lot, risk, destiny, fortune, prospect, hazard, peril, portion, fate, opportunity, probability, endangerment
Antonyms: planned

3. (noun) chance
a risk involving danger
Synonyms: luck, fortune, prospect, opportunity, probability, hazard
Antonyms: planned

4. (noun) probability, chance
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
Synonyms: luck, fortune, prospect, chance, opportunity, probability, hazard
Antonyms: planned

5. (adj) prospect, chance
the possibility of future success
Synonyms: fortune, scene, prospect, view, luck, probability, aspect, prognosis, candidate, opportunity, outlook, expectation, chance, vista, hazard, panorama, medical prognosis
Antonyms: planned

6. (verb) casual, chance(a)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
Antonyms: planned

7. (verb) chance
be the case by chance
Synonyms: bump, find, run a risk, risk, gamble, encounter, happen, hazard, take a chance, take chances, adventure
Antonyms: planned

8. (verb) gamble, chance, risk, hazard, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
Synonyms: pretend, encounter, happen, guess, run a risk, chance, gamble, bump, adventure, venture, hazard, jeopardize, stake, take chances, find, take a chance, put on the line, lay on the line, risk
Antonyms: planned

9. (verb) find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
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, chance, 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
Antonyms: planned

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'CHANCE'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

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 i
Synonyms: accident, adventure, contingency, happening, misfortune, calamity, disaster, hazard, mishap, casualty, fortuity, incident, possibility, chance, hap, misadventure
Antonyms: appointment, decree, intention, ordainment, preparation, calculation, fate, law, ordinance, provision, certainty, foreordination, necessity, plan, purpose

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