Chance

//t͡ʃæns//

Synonyms for "chance" (403 found)

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Closest matches (81)

Adjective(1 words)
casual

Strong matches (121)

conceivabilityconceivablenessconceivablyconfusedcontingencycontingentcourt destructioncrop updangerousdaredefy dangerdestinaldevelopdiceydisordereddodouble contingencydraw onemboldenendanger
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engageerraticismerraticnessessayeven chanceeventeventualityexpectationface up tofair expectationfair fieldfair gamefall outfatalfatefatidicfavorable prospectficklenessfindflierflip of a coinflukeflukyflyerfoggyforget the oddsfortuitousfortuityfortunefuzzygamble ongeneralgivegogood chancegood luckgood possibilityguesshaphappenhappen alonghappen by chancehappeninghappenstancehazardhazyheedlesshesitancyhesitationhithit-or-misshopeiffyill-definedimperilimpreciseinaccurateinadvertentinadvertentlyincalculabilityincertitudeinchoateincidentalincoherentindecisionindecisiveindecisivenessindefinableindefiniteindemonstrabilityindeterminableindeterminacyindeterminateindeterminationindeterminismindistinctinexactinninginnings

Related words (201)

irresolutionjeopardizejeopardylaw of averageslaxliabilityliablenesslibertylift a fingerlightlikelihoodlikelinesslooklook-inlooselotmake an attemptmake an effortmaterializemaybe
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meetnonspecificobligationobscureoccasionoccuroccurrenceoddoddsoff chanceofferopen questionopeningopportunismoptionorderlessoutlookoutside chanceoutside hopepawnperhapspiece of guessworkpig in a pokeplaceplayplay with fireplungepop uppossibilitypossiblenesspossiblypotentialpotentialitypredictabilitypresent itselfpresumptionpresumptive evidenceprobabilismpronenessquestionrandomrandom samplerandomnessreasonable groundreasonable hopereliefrely on fortuneremote possibilityriskriskyroomroundrun a chancerun the chancerun the risksayscopeset at hazardshadowed forthshadowyshapelessshotshowshow upsight-unseen transactionsmall hopespeculationspellsporadicspring upsqueakstakestartstepping stonestepping-stonestochasticstraystumblesuspensesuspensefulnesssweepingtake a chancetake a fliertake chancestake placetempt fortunetempt providencetendencythe attainablethe feasiblethe possiblethingthinkabilitythinkablenesstimetime at battoss uptoss-uptouch and gotranspiretrust to chancetrytry the chancetumbleturnturn upunaccountabilityuncauseduncertainnessuncertaintyuncertainty principleunclearundecided issueundecidednessundefinedundertakeundestinedundeterminedundeterminednessunexpectedunforeseeableunforeseeablenessunforeseenunintentionalunintentionallyunlooked forunlooked-forunplainunplannedunpredictabilityunpredictableunpremeditatedunprovabilityunspecifiedunsurenessunverifiabilityvacillationvagueveiledventureventure onventure uponverisimilitudevirtualityvoicewagerweaknesswell-grounded hopewhackwhat is possiblewhat may bewhat might bewheel of fortunewhimsicality

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32 entries

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Antonyms

8 entries

Synonyms

7 entries

derived

74 entries

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derived from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

1 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

59 entries

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similar

1 entries

Translations

336 translations across 88 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • nge noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • shans noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Arabic

2 entries
  • فُرْصة noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • فُرْصَة noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Armenian

4 entries
  • դիպված noun (random occurrence)
  • հավանականություն noun (probability of something happening)
  • հնարավորություն noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • պատահականություն noun (random occurrence)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • fürsət noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • imkan noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • осраҡлы adj (happening by chance)
  • форсат noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Basque

1 entries
  • zori noun (random occurrence)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • вераго́днасць noun (probability of something happening)
  • вераго́днасьць noun (probability of something happening)
  • магчы́масць noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • магчы́масць noun (probability of something happening)

Breton

1 entries
  • chañs noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • случаен adj (happening by chance)
  • вероя́тност noun (probability of something happening)
  • възмо́жност noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • възмо́жност noun (probability of something happening)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အခွင့်အရေး noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Catalan

4 entries
  • atzar noun (random occurrence)
  • casualitat noun (random occurrence)
  • oportunitat noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • probabilitat noun (probability of something happening)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 機會 /机会 noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 機會 /机会 noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 可能性 noun (probability of something happening)
  • 幾率 /几率 noun (probability of something happening)
  • 概率 noun (probability of something happening)
  • 機會 /机会 noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Czech

4 entries
  • náhoda noun (random occurrence)
  • pravděpodobnost noun (probability of something happening)
  • příležitost noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • šance noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Danish

4 entries
  • tilfældigvis adj (happening by chance)
  • chance noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • chance noun (probability of something happening)
  • mulighed noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Dari

1 entries
  • فُرْصَت noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Dutch

4 entries
  • gelegenheid noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • kans noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • kans noun (probability of something happening)
  • mogelijkheid noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 機會 /机会 noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • hazardo noun (random occurrence)
  • ŝanco noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • hazardi verb (to try or risk)

Estonian

1 entries
  • võimalus noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Finnish

4 entries
  • mahdollisuus noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • mahdollisuus noun (probability of something happening)
  • sattuma noun (random occurrence)
  • todennäköisyys noun (probability of something happening)

French

4 entries
  • chance noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • chance noun (probability of something happening)
  • hasard noun (random occurrence)
  • raccroc noun (random occurrence)

Galician

1 entries
  • oportunidade noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Georgian

4 entries
  • შანსი noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • შემთხვევა noun (random occurrence)
  • შემთხვევითობა noun (probability of something happening)
  • შესაძლებლობა noun (an opportunity or possibility)

German

4 entries
  • zufällig adj (happening by chance)
  • Chance noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • Gelegenheit noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • Los noun (lot or fate)

Greek

4 entries
  • ενδεχόμενο noun (probability of something happening)
  • ευκαιρία noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • περίσταση noun (random occurrence)
  • πιθανότητα noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 機會 /机会 noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • הִזְדַּמְּנוּת פָּז noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • מִקְרֶה noun (random occurrence)
  • מַזָּל noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • סִיכּוּי noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अवकाश noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • अवसर noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • चांस noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • प्रायिकता noun (probability of something happening)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • arra vetődött adj (happening by chance)
  • kósza adj (happening by chance)
  • véletlen adj (happening by chance)
  • alkalom noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • líkindi noun (probability of something happening)
  • líkur noun (probability of something happening)
  • tækifæri noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kesempatan noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • شانْس noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • فُرْصَت noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Irish

4 entries
  • amhantar noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • faill noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • seans noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • seans noun (random occurrence)

Italian

4 entries
  • caso noun (random occurrence)
  • chance noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • occasione noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • opportunità noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Japanese

4 entries
  • チャンス noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • 可能性 noun (probability of something happening)
  • 機 noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • 機会 noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Kabuverdianu

4 entries
  • txansa noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • txansa noun (random occurrence)
  • txansa noun (probability of something happening)
  • xansa noun (random occurrence)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • мүмкіндік noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Khmer

2 entries
  • គ្រោះ noun (random occurrence)
  • ឱកាស noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Korean

4 entries
  • 가능성 noun (probability of something happening)
  • 기회 noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • 우연 noun (random occurrence)
  • 찬스 noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • мүмкүндүк noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Lao

1 entries
  • ໂອກາດ noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Latin

4 entries
  • fortuītus adj (happening by chance)
  • accidentia noun (random occurrence)
  • accidentia noun (probability of something happening)
  • accidentia noun (probability of something happening)

Latvian

1 entries
  • iespēja noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • próga noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • веројатност noun (probability of something happening)
  • можност noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • шанса noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Malay

4 entries
  • can noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • cerlak noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • kesempatan noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • peluang noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അവസരം noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • സാധ്യത noun (probability of something happening)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠨᠠᠰᡥᡡᠨ noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Middle English

3 entries
  • chaunce noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • chaunce noun (random occurrence)
  • chaunce noun (lot or fate)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • боломж noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Māori

3 entries
  • tūponotanga noun (probability of something happening)
  • matawhaia verb (to discover by chance)
  • tūpono verb (to discover by chance)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • firset noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • mulighet noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • mulighet noun (random occurrence)
  • sannsynlighet noun (probability of something happening)
  • sjanse noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Occitan

3 entries
  • escasença noun (random occurrence)
  • oportunitat noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • possibiltat noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Old English

2 entries
  • ġegang noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • ġegang noun (random occurrence)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • بخت noun (random occurrence)
  • بخت noun (lot or fate)
  • تصادف noun (random occurrence)

Pashto

1 entries
  • فرصت noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Polish

4 entries
  • gratka noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • możliwość noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • okazja noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • prawdopodobieństwo noun (probability of something happening)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • acaso noun (random occurrence)
  • chance noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • hipótese noun (probability of something happening)
  • probabilidade noun (probability of something happening)

Romanian

4 entries
  • accident noun (random occurrence)
  • ocazie noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • probabilitate noun (probability of something happening)
  • întâmplare noun (random occurrence)

Romansch

1 entries
  • pussaivladad noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Russian

4 entries
  • вероя́тность noun (probability of something happening)
  • возмо́жность noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • возмо́жность noun (probability of something happening)
  • случа́йность noun (random occurrence)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • cothrom noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • mogúćnōst noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • mogúćnōst noun (probability of something happening)
  • verojátnōst noun (probability of something happening)
  • vjerojátnōst noun (probability of something happening)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • අවස්ථාව noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Slovak

3 entries
  • pravdepodobnosť noun (probability of something happening)
  • príležitosť noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • šanca noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Slovene

3 entries
  • priložnost noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • verjetnost noun (probability of something happening)
  • šansa noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Spanish

4 entries
  • albur noun (lot or fate)
  • azar noun (random occurrence)
  • baza noun (probability of something happening)
  • casualidad noun (random occurrence)

Swahili

3 entries
  • nafasi noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • nafasi verb (to try or risk)
  • nafasi verb (to discover by chance)

Swedish

4 entries
  • förlupen adj (happening by chance)
  • händelsevis påträffad adj (happening by chance)
  • oförutsedd adj (happening by chance)
  • opåräknad adj (happening by chance)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pagkakataon noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Tajik

1 entries
  • фурсат noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Tamil

2 entries
  • சந்தர்ப்பம் noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • வாய்ப்பு noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Tatar

1 entries
  • форсат noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Telugu

1 entries
  • అవకాశము noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Thai

1 entries
  • โอกาส noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Turkish

4 entries
  • baht noun (lot or fate)
  • fırsat noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • fırsat noun (random occurrence)
  • ihtimal noun (probability of something happening)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • pursat noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • можли́вість noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • можли́вість noun (probability of something happening)
  • шанс noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • шанс noun (probability of something happening)

Urdu

2 entries
  • فُرْصَت noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • مَوقَعْ noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • پۇرسەت noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • fursat noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • imkoniyat noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cơ hội noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Volapük

1 entries
  • mögod noun (an opportunity or possibility)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • kâns noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • beğt noun (lot or fate)
  • fırset noun (an opportunity or possibility)
  • qeder noun (lot or fate)
  • sehud noun (an opportunity or possibility)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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With the heirless king going crazy and royal family poisoned, the general of the army finally had his chance to usurp the throne.

Source: tatoeba (1942)

Everyone deserves a second chance.

Source: tatoeba (2198)

Any chance you know where I put my keys?

Source: tatoeba (2250)

You have a good chance to get well.

Source: tatoeba (16341)

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