Happenstance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A chance circumstance: "Marriage loomed only as an outgrowth of happenstance; you met a person” ( Bruce Weber).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A chance or random event or circumstance.
  • n. The chance or random quality of an event or circumstance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chance event    stroke    accident    fortuity   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    or'    guesswork    fluke    glitches    coincidence