Accident

/ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/

Synonyms for "accident" (110 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (22)

Noun(6 words)

fortuity mishap befalling capsize casualty casus

accessary accessory accidental addendum addition adjunct adventure appendage appurtenance auxiliary blow blunder calamity casualty cataclysm

Adverb(1 words)

by chance

Strong matches (33)

catastrophe chancechance hitcoincidence collateral collisioncoming to becontingency contingent contretempscrack upcrack-up crash destiny disaster event eventuality eventuation extra fate

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fluke fortuity fortunefreak accidentgrief hap

Noun(7 words)

chancechance eventcoincidences contingency crashescrowd pushderailment

Related words (55)

happening happenstance hazardill hapincidence incidental inessential jeopardy kismetlong oddslong shotlucklucky shotmaterializationmere chancemisadventure mischance misfortune mishap mistake

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nasty blownonessential not-self other pileup realization risk secondary serendipity shipwreck shock smash smashup spillstaggering blowsubsidiary superaddition supplement tragedy unessential wreck

Noun(12 words)

happenstance injury luck mischances misfortune mishapsnonessential propertyoccurrencerandom eventspill stroke trauma

Verb(2 words)

ignore safety warningspile up

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

11 entries

attribute event happening incident misadventure mischance mishapnatural eventoccurrence occurrent property

More specific

8 entries

air crashappearancecar crashcolorconstruction accidentindustrial accidentroad crashsize

Collocations

6 entries

accident analysisaccident preventionaccident reportcar accidentindustrial accidenttraffic accident

Inflections

1 entries

accidents

Derivations

2 entries

accidental accidentally

Translations

189 translations across 91 languages.

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)
حَادِثَة noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Armenian

1 entries

դժբախտ պատահար noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

avariya noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
bədbəxt hadisə noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
qəza noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Basque

2 entries

ezbehar noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
istripu noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Belarusian

4 entries

ава́рыя noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
вы́падак noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
катастро́фа noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
няшча́сны 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)

Bulgarian

4 entries

ава́рия noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
злополу́ка noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
инциде́нт noun (military: unplanned event resulting in injury)
катастро́фа noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Burmese

1 entries

မတော်တဆမှု noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Catalan

1 entries

accident noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

事故 noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
意外 noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Czech

3 entries

akcident noun (property resulting from chance)
nehoda noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
případek noun (property resulting from chance)

Danish

4 entries

egenskab noun (property resulting from chance)
tilfælde noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
tilfældighed noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
uheld 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

3 entries

ongeluk noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
ongeval noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
toevallig noun (military: unplanned event resulting in injury)

Esperanto

1 entries

akcidento noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Estonian

2 entries

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 (philosophy: appearance, manifestation)
ilmiasu noun (philosophy: appearance, manifestation)
onnettomuus noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
onnettomuus noun (military: unplanned event resulting in injury)

French

1 entries

accident noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Galician

1 entries

accidente noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

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 (euphemism: unintended pregnancy)
Unfall noun (military: unplanned event resulting in injury)

Greek

1 entries

ατύχημα noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Greenlandic

1 entries

ajunaarneq noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Hebrew

1 entries

תְּאוּנָה noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Hindi

2 entries

दुर्घटना noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
हादसा noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Hungarian

1 entries

baleset noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Icelandic

2 entries

slys noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
óhapp noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Indonesian

1 entries

kecelakaan noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

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

2 entries

taisme noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
timpiste noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Italian

2 entries

accidente noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
incidente noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Japanese

2 entries

アクシデント noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
事故 noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Kabyle

1 entries

amxix noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Kazakh

2 entries

авария noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
апат noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Khmer

2 entries

គ្រោះ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
ចៃដន្យ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Korean

1 entries

사고 noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

авария noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
кырсык noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Lao

1 entries

ອຸປະຕິເຫດ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Latin

1 entries

calamitas noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Latvian

1 entries

gadījums noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Lithuanian

1 entries

įvykis noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Low German

1 entries

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

1 entries

kemalangan noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Malayalam

1 entries

അപകടം noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

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

3 entries

uhell noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
ulykke noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
ulykkestilfelle noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

uhell noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
ulukke noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
ulykke 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

1 entries

قضا noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

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

1 entries

wypadek noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Portuguese

2 entries

acidente noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
acidente noun (military: unplanned event resulting in injury)

Romanian

1 entries

accident noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Romansch

1 entries

accident noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Russian

4 entries

ДТП noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
ава́рия f technical noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
ава́рия f technical noun (military: unplanned event resulting in injury)
катастро́фа 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)
нѐзгода noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
нѐсрећа noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Sinhalese

1 entries

අනතුර noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Slovak

1 entries

nehoda noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Slovene

1 entries

nesreča noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Spanish

1 entries

accidente noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Swahili

1 entries

ajali noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Swedish

1 entries

olycka noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

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

1 entries

อุบัติเหตุ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Tigrinya

2 entries

ሃንደበት noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
ሓደጋ noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Turkish

1 entries

kaza noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Turkmen

2 entries

awariýa noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
betbagtlyk noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ава́рія noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
ава́рія noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
ава́рія noun (military: unplanned event resulting in injury)
ви́падок noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

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

2 entries

accidint noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)
kénte noun (unexpected event with negative consequences)

Yiddish

1 entries

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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