Another word for accidental
accidental
modif.
Happening by chance
chance, fortuitous, coincidental, unintentional, inadvertent, unplanned, unpremeditated, undesigned, unwitting, uncalculated, unintended, unanticipated, unforeseen, unexpected, casual, adventitious, random, haphazard, involuntary, lucky, unlucky, serendipitous, fluky*; see also unexpected.
Incidental
incidental, secondary, nonessential, adventitious; see subordinate, under 3.
accidental describes that which occurs by chance an accidental encounter or outside the normal course of events an accidental attribute; fortuitous, which frequently suggests a complete absence of cause, now usually refers to chance events of a fortunate nature; casual describes the unpremeditated, random, or irregular quality of something a casual remark, a casual visit or its informality casual clothes; incidental emphasizes the nonessential or secondary nature of something incidental expenses; adventitious refers to that which is added extrinsically and connotes a lack of essential connection
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Another word for accidental
Occurring unexpectedly:
casual, chance, contingent, fluky, fortuitous, inadvertent, odd. See surprise
MLA Style
"accidental." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 15 February 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/Accidental>.
APA Style
accidental. (n.d.). Retrieved February 15th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/Accidental
