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Synonyms for accident
ˈæk sɪ dəntac·ci·dent

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. accidentnoun

    Synonyms:
    befalling, chance, contingency, casualty, mishap

  2. accidentnoun

    Synonyms:
    casus

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. accident

    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.

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

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. accident

    Synonyms:
    chance, fortuity, disaster, incident, adventure, casualty, hazard, contingency, calamity, misadventure, mishap

    Antonyms:
    law, purpose, appointment, ordainment, provision, preparation

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. accidentnoun

    an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

    Synonyms:
    chance event, fortuity, stroke

  2. accident, stroke, fortuity, chance eventnoun

    anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

    "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"

    Synonyms:
    stroking, solidus, slash, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, fortuity, throw, stroke

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. accidentnoun

    Synonyms:
    casualty, chance, fortuity, mischance, misadventure, calamity, mishap, hap, hazard, contingency, CONTRETEMPS, unforeseen or fortuitous event

  2. accidentnoun

    Synonyms:
    property, quality, modification, affection, mode

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. accidentnoun

    Synonyms:
    casualty, mishap, contretemps, mischance, contingency

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How to use accident in a sentence?

  1. Anna Guglielmo:

    The accident really did a job on him.

  2. Bernie Sanders:

    You have to enforce no-fly zones, and I believe, especially with the Russian air force in the air, it could lead to an escalation because of an accident that we would deeply regret.

  3. Oksana Miraevska:

    If something happens with the power plant, some accident ... I can't think about that. Do you think something could help us? We are 7 kilometers from the nuclear power plant across the river! Nothing will save us, I'm sure, that's why I don't even entertain that thought.

  4. Marie Leneru:

    To succeed is nothing, it's an accident. but to feel is no doubts about oneself is something very different it is character.

  5. Mariya Gabriel:

    If a company puts in an AI system, that company is responsible for it... this is very important if there is any accident.


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