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Synonyms for circumstance
ˈsɜr kəmˌstæns; esp. Brit. -stənscir·cum·stance

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 4 votes

  1. circumstance

    A circumstance (Latin circum, around, and sto, stand), is something existing or occurring in connection with or relation to some other fact or event, modifying or throwing light upon the principal matter without affecting its essential character; an accompaniment is something that unites with the principal matter, tho not necessary to it; as, the piano accompaniment to a song; a concomitant goes with a thing in natural connection, but in a subordinate capacity, or perhaps in contrast; as, cheerfulness is a concomitant of virtue. A circumstance is not strictly, nor usually, an occasion, condition, effect, or result. (See these words under CAUSE.) Nor is the circumstance properly an incident. (See under ACCIDENT.) We say, "My decision will depend upon circumstances" — not "upon incidents." That a man wore a blue necktie would not probably be the cause, occasion, condition, or concomitant of his committing murder; but it might be a very important circumstance in identifying him as the murderer. All the circumstances make up the situation. A certain disease is the cause of a man's death; his suffering is an incident; that he is in his own home, that he has good medical attendance, careful nursing, etc., are consolatory circumstances. With the same idea of subordination, we often say, "This is not a circumstance to that." So a person is said to be in easy circumstances. Compare EVENT.

    Synonyms:
    accompaniment, concomitant, detail, event, fact, feature, incident, item, occurrence, particular, point, position, situation

    Preposition:
    "Mere situation is expressed by 'in the circumstances'; action affected is performed 'under the circumstances.'" [Murray's "New English Dictionary"]

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. circumstance

    Synonyms:
    detail, feature, point, event, occurrence, incident, situation, position, fact, topic, condition, particular, specialty

    Antonyms:
    deed, case, transaction

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. circumstancenoun

    a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

    Synonyms:
    condition, context, setting, consideration

  2. context, circumstance, settingnoun

    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

    "the historical context"

    Synonyms:
    context of use, setting, background, stage setting, mount, scope, mise en scene, linguistic context, consideration, context, scene, place setting, condition

  3. circumstance, condition, considerationnoun

    information that should be kept in mind when making a decision

    "another consideration is the time it would take"

    Synonyms:
    condition, retainer, setting, shape, status, precondition, thoughtfulness, term, consideration, context, considerateness, experimental condition, stipulation

  4. circumstancenoun

    formal ceremony about important occasions

    "pomp and circumstance"

    Synonyms:
    condition, context, setting, consideration

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. circumstancenoun

    Synonyms:
    incident, accident, subsidiary fact

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "circumstance":

    circumstances, improvised, situation, fact, circumstantial

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How to use circumstance in a sentence?

  1. Joseph Murray:

    In my experience as a clinician, as well as some studies that have been undertaken, many of the individuals who are family members have symptoms, though they may not have complained of those symptoms to their doctors, sometimes because they did not realize they were an abnormality and sometimes because they were never asked, in that circumstance, I often find in my practice that patients who go on a gluten-free diet, who themselves did not even appreciate the symptoms, often feel better.

  2. Bruce Barton:

    Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

  3. William James:

    Circumstance does not make me, it reveals me.

  4. Carolyn Freyer-Jones:

    The minute is a way to remind ourselves that we are all connected regardless of situation or circumstance. My father is everyone's father, or husband, or grandfather, or friend.

  5. Dasha Navalnaya:

    So we can’t really know for sure his health circumstance and he hasn’t seen his family in over half a year, i haven’t seen him in person in over a year and it’s quite concerning considering his health is getting worse and worse.


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