ACCIDENTS Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word accidents. (close relations)
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| blunders | nounn | |||||
noun • an embarrassing mistake verb • commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake • make one's way clumsily or blindly • utter impulsively | ||||||
| calamities | nounn | |||||
noun • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | ||||||
| casualties | nounn | |||||
noun • someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement • someone injured or killed in an accident • an accident that causes someone to die • a decrease of military personnel or equipment | ||||||
| contingencies | nounn | |||||
noun • a possible event or occurrence or result • the state of being contingent on something | ||||||
| disasters | nounn | |||||
noun • a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune • an act that has disastrous consequences | ||||||
| fortunes | nounn | |||||
noun • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another • a large amount of wealth or prosperity • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome • your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | ||||||
| incidents | nounn | |||||
adjective • falling or striking of light rays on something • (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence noun • a single distinct event • a public disturbance | ||||||
| mischances | nounn | |||||
noun • an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate • an instance of misfortune | ||||||
| misfortunes | nounn | |||||
noun • unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event • an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes | ||||||
| mishandles | verbv | |||||
verb • make a mess of, destroy or ruin • manage badly or incompetently | ||||||
| mishaps | nounn | |||||
noun • an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate • an instance of misfortune | ||||||
| oversights | nounn | |||||
noun • an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something • management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group • a mistake resulting from inattention | ||||||
| casualty | nounn | |||||
noun • someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement • someone injured or killed in an accident • an accident that causes someone to die • a decrease of military personnel or equipment | ||||||
| chance | nounn | |||||
noun • a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another • a risk involving danger • 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 • the possibility of future success adjective satellite • occurring or appearing or singled out by chance verb • be the case by chance • take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome • come upon, as if by accident; meet with | ||||||
| contingency | nounn | |||||
noun • a possible event or occurrence or result • the state of being contingent on something | ||||||
| fortuity | nounn | |||||
noun • anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | ||||||
| fortune | nounn | |||||
noun • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another • a large amount of wealth or prosperity • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome • your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | ||||||
| luck | nounn | |||||
noun • your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another • an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome | ||||||
| mishap | nounn | |||||
noun • an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate • an instance of misfortune | ||||||
| befalling | verbv | |||||
verb • To fall upon; fall all over; overtake • To happen. • To happen to. • To fall. noun • A happening; occurrence; chance; event. adjective • Appertaining; appropriate; fitting. | ||||||
