Synonyms for circumstance
noun
An attendant condition
situation, condition, contingency, phase, factor, detail, item, fact, case, place, time, cause, state, status, element, particular, feature, point, incident, proviso, article, stipulation, concern, matter, thing, event, adjunct, occurrence, juncture, exigency, intervention, supervention, fortuity, coincidence, concurrent event, chance, happenstance*; see also state 2.
An occurrence
event, episode, happening, incident; see event 1. See syn. study at occurrence.
See circumstance in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
Existing surroundings that affect an activity.
Often used in plural: condition (used in plural), environment. (Slang) scene. See beOne of the conditions or facts attending an event and having some bearing on it:
detail, fact, factor, particular. See realSomething that happens:
event, happening, incident, occasion, occurrence, thing. See happenSomething significant that happens:
development, episode, event, happening, incident, news, occasion, occurrence, thing. See happen
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