Synonyms for opportunity
ˌɒp ərˈtu nɪ ti, -ˈtyu-op·por·tu·ni·ty

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1. opportunity

   Synonyms:
   occasion, turn, opening, convenience

   Antonyms:
   inopportuneness, unseasonableness, lapse, omission, contretemps

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1. opportunity, chancenoun

   a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

   "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"

   Synonyms:
   luck, fortune, prospect, chance, probability, hazard

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1. • Possibility

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1. opportunitynoun

   Synonyms:
   chance; fit, suitable, or favorable time; good chance, fitting occasion, nick of time

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1. List of paraphrases for "opportunity":

   chance, occasion, possibility, opportunities, luck, chances, timeliness, option, advisability, desirability, possibilities, potential, 'occasion, appropriateness, ability, time, likelihood, feasibility, prospect, connection

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1. Aaron Rodgers:

   I’ve got a pretty cool opportunity to do a little self-reflection in some isolation, and then after that I feel like I ’ll be a lot closer to a final, final decision.

2. Elvis Picardo:

   When you have a dramatic decline like you've seen in oil prices, it could herald a turning point (in sentiment), i see a compelling buying opportunity in the energy space, but it's hard to convince people about that because of the ongoing cascade of bad news on oil.

3. Gianna Cerbone-Teoli:

   Business is horrible. It's hard. We don't have foot traffic, it was a great opportunity and we didn't allow it.

4. Sebastian Coe:

   Of course we have to utilize every ounce of technology available to us, because our challenge is always to protect the rights of the clean athletes to compete knowing that they are competing on a level playing field, that every athlete starts out equally with an opportunity to win or to lose.

5. Tina Mazzacane:

   The VMPI really seeks to increase opportunities and remove barriers for learning math so that every student can have that opportunity to achieve in their education and toward their career goals.