Happenstance Synonyms

hăpən-stăns
An unexpected random event
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. accident
  2. chance
  3. fluke
  4. fortuity
  5. hap
  6. happenchance
  7. hazard
An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. chance
  2. fate
  3. coincidence
  4. incident

Words Related to Happenstance

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.

Happenstance Sentence Examples

  • However, that doesn't mean you have to hand your decision over to happenstance.

  • Now, through happenstance I learn of a way this heartache might be sometimes prevented.

  • Sometimes sought out, sometimes rejected, sometimes around by force of habit or mere happenstance.

  • By happenstance and an especially wonderful quirk of fate, sometimes the pressure is so extreme as to compress the diamond crystals creating red, pink, and brown hued diamonds.

  • While some yards and gardens can be grown through happenstance, a water garden is typically created by the gardener.