Synonyms for circumstance

noun

1. 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.

2. An occurrence

   event, episode, happening, incident; see event 1. See syn. study at occurrence.