CHANCE Synonyms

• a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

• an obstacle on a golf course

• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

• put at risk

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• money that is risked for possible monetary gain

• a risky act or venture

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• play games for money

• a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

• the possibility of future success

• belief about (or mental picture of) the future

• someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)

• the visual percept of a region

• a prediction of the course of a disease

• search for something desirable

• explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals

• a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

• a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

• the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred

• the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent

• expose to a chance of loss or damage

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

• the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events

• your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

• decree or designate beforehand

• the probability of a specified outcome

• an event that occurs at a critical time

• a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the time of a particular event

• an opportunity to do something

• give occasion to

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• a future prospect or potential

• capability of existing or happening or being true

• a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

• a possible alternative

• existing in possibility

• the inherent capacity for coming into being

• the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

• expected to become or be; in prospect

• an unpredictable phenomenon

• a minor short-term fight

• a casual or unexpected convergence

• a casual meeting with a person or thing

• a hostile disagreement face-to-face

• come together

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• be beset by

• experience as a reaction

• contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

• a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• put at risk

• a lump on the body caused by a blow

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• an impact (as from a collision)

• knock against with force or violence

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

• to enjoy some music greatly

• to play music at loud volume

• marked by blithe unconcern

• without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand

• appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

• occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

• hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

• occurring on a temporary or irregular basis

• characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility

• natural and unstudied

• not showing effort or strain

• be false to; be dishonest with

• cause someone to believe an untruth

• a productive insight

• the act of discovering something

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes

• come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost

• establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study

• come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds

• perceive or be contemporaneous with

• get something or somebody for a specific purpose

• make a discovery, make a new finding

• obtain through effort or management

• decide on and make a declaration about

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• perceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place

• get or find back; recover the use of

• succeed in reaching; arrive at

• accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation

• a person who lacks good judgment

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

• make a fool or dupe of

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• fool or hoax

• indulge in horseplay