Another word for accidental
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Adjective
Occurring unexpectedly
- Being in excess of the indicated or approximate number, extent, or degree. Often used in combination:
- Being one of an incomplete pair or set:
- Not the usual, regular, habitual, accounted for, etc.; occasional; incidental
- Marked by or resulting from carelessness; negligent:
- Not deliberate or considered; unintentional:
- Not intentional; not on purpose; not conscious
- Bringing, or happening by, good luck; fortunate
- Happening by chance; accidental
- Alternative spelling of flukey.
- Resulting from or depending on mere chance.
- Resulting from chance rather than skill or design; lucky
- Dependent upon a future event or circumstance that is not certain to happen. See also vested.
- Happening by or subject to chance or accident; unpredictable:
- Happening by chance; accidental; fortuitous
- Caused by or ascribable to chance; unexpected, random, or casual:
- Suited for everyday wear or informal use:
- Being or occurring between sexual partners who are not in an established relationship:
- Occurring or being such by chance:
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Another word for accidental
Modifier
Happening by chance
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Synonym Study
- Adventitious refers to that which is added extrinsically and connotes a lack of essential connection
- Incidental emphasizes the nonessential or secondary nature of something incidental expenses
- Casual describes the unpremeditated, random, or irregular quality of something a casual remark, a casual visit or its informality casual clothes
- Fortuitous , which frequently suggests a complete absence of cause, now usually refers to chance events of a fortunate nature
- Accidental describes that which occurs by chance an accidental encounter or outside the normal course of events an accidental attribute
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