Chance

/t͡ʃæns/

Synonyms for "chance" (426 found)

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Closest matches (86)

Verb(6 words)

encounter adventure bumpcome oncome to passcome upon

Noun(13 words)

hazard opportunity probability prospect accident accidental aperture arbitrage arise breaks coincidence coincidences contingent

a leg upaccident accidental accidentally advantage adventitious adventure aimless aleatoric aleatory amorphous appear approach aptitude aptness arbitrary arise assay attemptbare possibility

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bechance befall bet betideblind bargainblobby blurred blurryborderline casebout brave break breaks broad bumpby chancecalculated riskcapriciousness careless casual causeless certaintychance itchances chanciness chancy changeableness chaotic circumstantialclear stagecomecome aboutcome alongcome forthcome into beingcome into existencecome offcome oncome to passconceivability conceivableness conceivably confused contingency contingentcourt destruction

Adjective(1 words)

casual

Strong matches (127)

crop updangerous daredefy dangerdestinal destiny develop dicey disordered dodouble contingencydraw onembolden endanger engage erraticism erraticness essayeven chanceevent

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eventuality expectationface up tofair expectationfair fieldfair gamefall outfatal fate fatidicfavorable prospectfickleness flierflip of a coinfluke fluky flyer foggyforget the oddsfortuitous fortuity fortune fuzzy gamblegamble ongeneral give gogood chancegood luckgood possibilityguess hap happenhappen alonghappen by chancehappening hazard hazy heedless hesitancy hesitation hithit-or-misshope iffy ill-defined imperil imprecise inaccurate inadvertent inadvertently incalculability incertitude inchoate incidental incoherent indecision indecisive indecisiveness indefinable indefinite indemonstrability indeterminable indeterminacy indeterminate indetermination indeterminism indistinct inexact inning innings irresolution jeopardize jeopardylaw of averageslax liability liableness libertylift a fingerlight likelihood

Noun(15 words)

danger dare door doors encounter find fortuitous fortune fortunes gluck happen happenstanceheads or tails probabilityincidentalitalian rischio

Adjective(2 words)

danish dørgreat opportunity

Verb(7 words)

find fool gamblego biological processhappen happened hazard

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Noun(30 words)

likelihoodlikelihood valuelikelihoods likely lottery luck lucksmost probablynondeterminismsnorwegian åpenoccasions occur odds opening opportunities poss possibility possible probabilistic probabilities

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probability conceptrandom riskrisk ofshotstake a riskturns uncertainties unforeseeability venture

likeliness look look-in loose lot luckmake an attemptmake an effortmaterialize maybe meet nonspecific obligation obscure occasion occur occurrence odd oddsoff chance

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offeropen questionopening opportunism opportunity option orderless outlookoutside chanceoutside hopepawn perhapspiece of guessworkpig in a pokeplace playplay with fireplungepop uppossibility possibleness possibly potential potentiality predictabilitypresent itselfpresumptionpresumptive evidenceprobabilism probability proneness prospect question randomrandom samplerandomnessreasonable groundreasonable hopereliefrely on fortuneremote possibilityrisk risky room roundrun a chancerun the chancerun the risksay scope serendipityset at hazardshadowed forthshadowy shapeless shot showshow upsight-unseen transactionsmall hopespeculation spell sporadicspring upsqueak stake startstepping stonestepping-stone stochastic stray stumble suspense suspensefulness sweepingtake a chancetake a fliertake chancestake placetempt fortunetempt providencetendencythe attainablethe feasiblethe possiblething thinkability thinkableness timetime at battoss uptoss-uptouch and gotranspiretrust to chancetrytry the chancetumble turnturn upunaccountability uncaused uncertainness uncertaintyuncertainty principleunclearundecided issueundecidedness undefined undertake undestined undetermined undeterminedness unexpected unforeseeable unforeseeableness unforeseen unintentional unintentionallyunlooked forunlooked-for unplain unplanned unpredictability unpredictable unpremeditated unprovability unspecified unsureness unverifiability vacillation vague veiled ventureventure onventure uponverisimilitude virtuality voice wager weaknesswell-grounded hopewhackwhat is possiblewhat may bewhat might bewheel of fortunewhimsicality

Verb(8 words)

occur riskrun a riskstumble upontake a chancetake chancestranspire trick

Adjective(4 words)

random arrangementrandom networkrandom resultrandom variations

Determiner(3 words)

the doorthe doorwaythe odds

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

6 relation types

More general

42 entries

amount assay attempt attributecome aboutcome acrossdanger descriptor discovery encounter essay eventfall outfindinggo on

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More specific

16 entries

accidentconditional probabilityencounterfinancial riskfinding fortuitous guess happenstance incidentalinjury riskodds opening prospect risk-based statistical venture

Collocations

15 entries

by chancechance discoverychance encounterchance eventchance for successchance meetingchance ofchance of rainchance outcomechance remarkchance tochance to learnchance upongood chancetake a chance

Inflections

3 entries

chanced chances chancing

Derivations

2 entries

chancy happenstance

similar

1 entries

unplanned

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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