Contingency

/kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/

Synonyms for "contingency" (137 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Strong matches (41)

Related words (68)

liabilityliablenesslikelihoodlikelinesslong oddslong shotlucky shotmaterializationmere chancenonessentialnot-selfobligationoccasionoccurrenceoff chanceopen questionopportunityotheroutside chanceoutside hope
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passpiece of guessworkpig in a pokepinchpossibilitypossiblenesspotentialpotentialityprobabilitypronenessprospectquestionrealizationrelativityremote possibilitysecondarysight-unseen transactionsmall hopestraitsubsidiarysuperadditionsupplementthe attainablethe feasiblethe possiblethinkabilitythinkablenesstoss uptoss-uptouch and goturning pointundecided issueunessentialvirtualitywagerweaknesswhat is possiblewhat may bewhat might bezero hour
Noun(8 words)
maybesoptionplan bplan changepossibilitystay behindunlikely eventunpredictability of outcomes

Related word relations

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More general

11 entries
dependancedependencedependencyeventhappeningnatural eventoccurrenceoccurrentphilosophical conceptplanning conceptpossibility

More specific

4 entries
backup plancontingency planlogical contingencymetaphysical contingency

Collocations

5 entries
contingency fundcontingency plancontingency reservecontingency tableplan B

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There is neither contingency nor free will.

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We're working on a contingency plan.

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We should be prepared for that contingency.

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Do we have a contingency plan?

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