Coincidence

//kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns//

Synonyms for "coincidence" (117 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Noun(1 words)
co-occurrence

Strong matches (35)

Related words (58)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

8 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

4 entries

derived

15 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

2 entries

related to

10 entries

Translations

85 translations across 46 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σύμπτωσις noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تَصَادُف noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • صُدْفة noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • صُدْفَة noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • مُصَادَفَة noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պատահականություն noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • təsadüf noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • збе́жнасць noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • супадзе́нне noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • съвпаде́ние noun (of objects, property of being coincident)
  • съвпаде́ние noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 巧合 noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Czech

3 entries
  • koincidence noun (of objects, property of being coincident)
  • koincidence noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • náhoda noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Danish

2 entries
  • sammenfald noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • sammentræf noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Dari

1 entries
  • تَصَادُف noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Dutch

1 entries
  • toeval noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • koincido noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Finnish

2 entries
  • yhteensattuma noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • yhtäaikaisuus noun (of objects, property of being coincident)

French

2 entries
  • coïncidence noun (of objects, property of being coincident)
  • coïncidence noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

German

3 entries
  • Koinzidenz noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • Zufall noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • zufälliges Zusammentreffen noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Greek

1 entries
  • σύμπτωση noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ūlialia noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צירוף־מקרים noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Hindi

2 entries
  • इत्तिफ़ाक़ noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • संयोग noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • egybeesés noun (of objects, property of being coincident)
  • véletlen egybeesés noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • تَصادُف noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Italian

1 entries
  • coincidenza noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 一致 noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • 偶然 noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • 偶然の一致 noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • 符合 noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Korean

3 entries
  • 우연 noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • 우연의 일치 noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • 일치 noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • sutapimas noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • случајност noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • совпаѓање noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Malay

2 entries
  • keadaan serentak noun (of objects, property of being coincident)
  • kebetulan noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Māori

2 entries
  • oruatanga noun (of objects, property of being coincident)
  • oruatanga noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • sammenfall noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • sammentreff noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • tilfeldighet noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • samanfall noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • samantreff noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • تصادف noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Polish

4 entries
  • koincydencja noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • przypadek noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • traf noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • zbieg okoliczności noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • coincidência noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Romanian

1 entries
  • coincidență noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Russian

2 entries
  • совпаде́ние noun (of objects, property of being coincident)
  • совпаде́ние noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • co-thuiteamas noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • koincidencija noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • slučajnost noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • коинциденција noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • случајност noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Slovak

1 entries
  • náhoda noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Slovene

1 entries
  • nakljúčje noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Spanish

4 entries
  • casualidad noun (of objects, property of being coincident)
  • casualidad noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • coincidencia noun (of objects, property of being coincident)
  • coincidencia noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Swedish

1 entries
  • sammanträffande noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Tajik

1 entries
  • тасодуф noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தற்செயல் noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Turkish

2 entries
  • rastlantı noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • tesadüf noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • збі́жність noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • збіг noun (of objects, property of being coincident)
  • збіг noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اِتِّفاق noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)
  • تَصادُف noun (state of events appearing to be connected when they are not)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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What a coincidence!

Source: tatoeba (18131)

It was sheer coincidence that Mary and I were on the same train.

Source: tatoeba (32034)

I think it is a mere coincidence.

Source: tatoeba (42234)

We happened to meet again through a strange coincidence.

Source: tatoeba (318630)

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