ACCIDENTS Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word accidents. (close relations)
accidental
Best Alternative Words for ACCIDENTS
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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. | ||||||||