We all have experienced the serendipity of relevant information arriving just when we were least expecting it.
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Serendipity
//ˌsɛɹ.ənˈdɪp.ɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "serendipity" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
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Related words (43)
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2 entriesdbpedia genre
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4 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- երջանիկ պատահականություն noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- սերենդիպություն noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Catalan
1 entries- serendipitat noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 巧事 noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- 机缘巧合 noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- 機緣 /机缘 noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- 機緣湊巧 /机缘凑巧 noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Danish
1 entries- lykketræf noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Dutch
3 entries- gelukkig toeval noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
- serendipiteit noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- toevalstreffer noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Finnish
4 entries- onnekas sattuma noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- onnekas sattumien summa noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
- onnenkantamoinen noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- onnenpotku noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
French
4 entries- aubaine noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- chance noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- coup de pot noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- heureux hazard noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
German
4 entries- (glücklicher) Zufallsfund noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- Serendipität noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- Serendipität noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
- Zufallstreffer noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
Greek
4 entries- ευτύχημα noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- εύνοια της τύχης noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- κωλοφαρδία noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- τυχαιότητα noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Icelandic
1 entries- slembilukka noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Ido
2 entries- serendipo noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- serendipo noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
Italian
3 entries- scoperta noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- serendipità noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- serendipità noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
Japanese
2 entries- セレンディピティ noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- 偶察力 noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- lykketreff noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- serendipitet noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Polish
1 entries- szczęśliwy zbieg okoliczności noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Portuguese
4 entries- acaso noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- contingência noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- eventualidade noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- providência noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
Romanian
1 entries- serendipitate noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Russian
2 entries- везу́честь noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- счастли́вое стече́ние обстоя́тельств noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
Sicilian
2 entries- sirinnipità noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
- sirintipità noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
Slovak
2 entries- šťastná náhoda noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
- šťastná zhoda okolností noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
Spanish
2 entries- serendipia noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- serendipidad noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
Swedish
2 entries- serendipitet noun (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
- serendipitet noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
Ukrainian
1 entries- щасливий збіг обста́вин noun (a combination of events which are not individually beneficial, but occurring together produce a good or wonderful outcome)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
About my conlang Vling, maybe I just like the word 'bog'. My other favourite English words are 'whirligig', 'tumbleweed', 'serendipity', 'gargoyle', 'jelly', 'storm', 'ambiance', 'steampunk', 'logogram', 'gazebo', and 'thistle'.
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Serendipity is the ability to make, accidentally, happy and unexpected discoveries.
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Novices often have more luck finding something arcane than seasoned researchers because of the power of creative thinking and serendipity.
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