Accident

//ˈæk.sɪ.dənt//

Synonyms for "accident" (113 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Noun(2 words)
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Strong matches (34)

Related words (56)

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More general

8 entries

More specific

4 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

24 entries

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Related terms

7 entries

at location

1 entries

capable of

14 entries

coordinate

1 entries

derived

35 entries

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

has context

9 entries

is a

4 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

59 entries

Showing 16 of 59 words.

Translations

300 translations across 93 languages.

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Afar

1 entries
  • qawwalayla noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Albanian

1 entries
  • aksident noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Amharic

1 entries
  • አደጋ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • πταῖσμα noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • συμφορά noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حَادِث noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • حَادِث noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • حَادِث noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • حَادِث noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Armenian

2 entries
  • դժբախտ պատահար noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • վթար noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • avariya noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • bədbəxt hadisə noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • qəza noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • qəza noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Basque

3 entries
  • ezbehar noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • istripu noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • istripu noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ДТЗ noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • ава́рыя noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ава́рыя noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • вы́падак noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Bengali

1 entries
  • দূর্ঘটনা noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • दुरघटना noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Bislama

2 entries
  • aksidong noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • bang noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ава́рия noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ава́рия noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • злополу́ка noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • инциде́нт noun (military: unplanned event resulting in injury)

Burmese

1 entries
  • မတော်တဆမှု noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Catalan

4 entries
  • accident noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • accident noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • accident noun (logic: quality or attribute in distinction from substance)
  • accident noun (grammar: property attached to a word)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 事故 noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • 意外 noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • 車禍 /车祸 noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Czech

4 entries
  • akcident noun (property resulting from chance)
  • nehoda noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • nehoda noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • případek noun (property resulting from chance)

Danish

4 entries
  • egenskab noun (property resulting from chance)
  • tilfælde noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • tilfælde noun (chance event)
  • tilfældighed noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Dari

3 entries
  • تَصَادُف noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • حَادِثَه noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • سَانِحَه noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Dutch

4 entries
  • ongeluk noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ongeval noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ongeval noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • toeval noun (chance event)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • akcidenco noun (logic: quality or attribute in distinction from substance)
  • akcidento noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • akcidento noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Estonian

3 entries
  • avarii noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • õnnetus noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • õnnetus noun (military: unplanned event resulting in injury)

Faroese

2 entries
  • vanlukka noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • óhapp noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ilmenemismuoto noun (logic: quality or attribute in distinction from substance)
  • ilmenemismuoto noun (philosophy: appearance, manifestation)
  • ilmiasu noun (philosophy: appearance, manifestation)
  • kolari noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

French

2 entries
  • accident noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • accident noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Galician

2 entries
  • accidente noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • accidente noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Georgian

1 entries
  • უბედური შემთხვევა noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

German

4 entries
  • Malheur noun (euphemism: instance of incontinence)
  • Unfall noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • Unfall noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • Unfall noun (euphemism: unintended pregnancy)

Greek

2 entries
  • ατύχημα noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • συμβεβηκός noun (logic: quality or attribute in distinction from substance)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • ajunaarneq noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • תְּאוּנָה noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • תְּאוּנָה noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Hindi

4 entries
  • दुर्घटना noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • दुर्घटना noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • संयोग noun (chance event)
  • संयोग noun (chance)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • baleset noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • baleset noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • slys noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • óhapp noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Indonesia

1 entries
  • kebetulan noun (chance)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • kecelakaan noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • kecelakaan noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • kesempatan noun (chance event)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • sormus noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • vahinko noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • تَصادُف noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • حادِثِه noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • سانِحِه noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Irish

4 entries
  • taisme noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • taisme noun (chance event)
  • taisme noun (chance)
  • timpiste noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Italian

3 entries
  • accidente noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • incidente noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • incidente noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Japanese

4 entries
  • アクシデント noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • 事故 noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • 事故 noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • 偶然 noun (chance)

Kabyle

1 entries
  • amxix noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • авария noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • апат noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • жол-көлік оқиғасы noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Khmer

2 entries
  • គ្រោះ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ចៃដន្យ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Korean

3 entries
  • 사고 noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • 사고 noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • 우연 noun (chance)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • авария noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • кырсык noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Lao

2 entries
  • ອຸບັດເຫດ noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • ອຸປະຕິເຫດ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Latin

3 entries
  • calamitas noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • temeritās noun (chance event)
  • temeritās noun (chance)

Latvian

1 entries
  • gadījums noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • autoįvykis noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • įvykis noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • įvykis noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Low German

2 entries
  • Tofall noun (chance event)
  • Unfall noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • незгода noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • несреќа noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Malay

2 entries
  • kemalangan noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • kemalangan noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • അപകടം noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • അപകടം noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • ആകസ്മികം noun (chance event)
  • ആകസ്മികം noun (chance)

Marathi

1 entries
  • अपघात noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • аваар noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • осол noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Māori

2 entries
  • aituā noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • hauata noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • havari noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • uhell noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • uhell noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • ulykke noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • havari noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • uhell noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • uhell noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • ulukke noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Old English

1 entries
  • ġelimp noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Oromo

1 entries
  • balaa noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • بخت noun (chance event)
  • بخت noun (chance)
  • تصادف noun (chance event)
  • تصادف noun (chance)

Pashto

2 entries
  • حادثه noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • پېښه noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Persian

1 entries
  • عرض noun (philosophy: appearance, manifestation)

Polish

2 entries
  • wypadek noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • wypadek noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • acidente noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • acidente noun (chance event)
  • acidente noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • acidente noun (military: unplanned event resulting in injury)

Romanian

2 entries
  • accident noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • accident noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Romansch

1 entries
  • accident noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Russian

4 entries
  • ДТП noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ДТП noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • ава́рия noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • ава́рия f technical noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • tubaist noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • tuiteamas noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nèsreća noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • nèzgoda noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ùdes noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • нѐзгода noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • අනතුර noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Slovak

2 entries
  • nehoda noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • nehoda noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Slovene

1 entries
  • nesreča noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Spanish

2 entries
  • accidente noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • accidente noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Swahili

2 entries
  • ajali noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ajali noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Swedish

2 entries
  • olycka noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • trafikolycka noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • aksidente noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • disgrasya noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • sakuna noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Tajik

4 entries
  • авария noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • садама noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • сониҳа noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • тасодуф noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Tatar

1 entries
  • каза noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Thai

4 entries
  • รถชน noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • อุบัติเหตุ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • อุบัติเหตุ noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • อุบัติเหตุรถชน noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Tigrinya

2 entries
  • ሃንደበት noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ሓደጋ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kaza noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • kaza noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • awariýa noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • betbagtlyk noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ДТП noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • ава́рія noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ава́рія noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ава́рія noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)

Urdu

2 entries
  • حادِثَہ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ناگَہانی noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئاۋارىيە noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • ھادىسە noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • avariya noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • balo noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • baxtsizlik noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • falokat noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • sự cố noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • tai nạn noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Walloon

3 entries
  • accidint noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
  • accidint noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • kénte noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אַוואַריע noun (transport: unintended event that causes damage)
  • אַקצידענט noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • ağm noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ingozi noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The discrepancy between the stories of the two parties involved in the accident was so great that the authorities had a hard time deciding which side was telling the truth.

Source: tatoeba (1918)

He was still mad about the accident despite his wife's conciliatory words.

Source: tatoeba (2016)

Did you actually see the accident?

Source: tatoeba (16024)

Did you break the window on purpose or by accident?

Source: tatoeba (16330)

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