Circumstance Synonyms

sûrkəm-stăns
Existing surroundings that affect an activity.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Often used in plural: condition
  2. environment
  3. scene
One of the conditions or facts attending an event and having some bearing on it
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. detail
  2. fact
  3. factor
  4. particular

Words Related to Circumstance

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Circumstance Sentence Examples

  • Every circumstance now conspired to effect his fall.

  • To throw that away because of an accident of circumstance would be a tragedy.

  • It was now proposed that he should be accredited as Bavarian ambassador in London; but the circumstance that he was a British subject presented an insurmountable obstacle.

  • They were men of ideas who were forced by circumstance to become soldiers.

  • It was this latter circumstance which ultimately led to its abolition.

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