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
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