happenstance

Noun

Meaning

an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

coincidence providence hap event doom freak kismet break episode portion opportunity chance lot incident occasion

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Antonyms

case design standard norm disaster distress

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Hypernyms

stroke accident fortuity chance event

Hyponyms

stroke

Phrases with the word

by happenstance

Examples

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Ian Fleming

We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance. Penelope Lively

For as is often the happenstance with that which is precious and lost, when you find him again, he may well not be quite as you left him. Cassandra Clare

The nag is as fat as a monk-and will stop to eat at every chance, so the resemblance is no happenstance. Michael Flynn

Accidents did not just happen. From time to time they were carefully plotted, calculated, and arranged to one's advantage-all, of course, under the cloak of happenstance. Jodi Picoult

I am placed in situations with opportunities in those situations that others are not. I don't believe that that is happenstance. I believe that there is a God that has a plan for me. Ronald Perelman

Close letter words and terms

happens in nature happens only once happens very often happenstantial happenstantially happi