Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Adjective

The word "accident" can be used as noun, proper noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

on purpose planned purpose

Typical Location

roadblock

Capable Of

cause acquired brain injury cause injuries cause to defecate from fear happen on toll road happen to happen to anybody happen to careless driver happen to clumsy person hold up traffic result in fatality slow down traffic slow traffic stop traffic tie up traffic

Coordinate Terms

act of God

Derived Terms

POLAC accident and emergency accident blackspot accident insurance accident neurosis accident of birth accident rate accident waiting to happen accident-prone accidental accidentality accidentally accidentary accidently accidentologist accidentology by accident cerebrovascular accident criticality accident freak accident have an accident industrial accident it is no accident malaccident motor accident nonaccident on accident postaccident road accident snaccident textident vaccident vaxident vaxxident without accident

Etymologically Related To

cadence case

Context

euphemistic geology grammar heraldry legal logic philosophy transport vehicle

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

happening misadventure mischance mishap natural event occurrence occurrent possibility

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

mischance misfortune mishap woe

Type Of (IsA)

happening mishap mistake physical event

Receives Action

considered bad situation

Related Terms

The Accident The Accident accidental accidentally circumstance coincidence happenstance

Related Terms

accidence accidentally ambulances appearance bad calamity calculation car car crash cars cars crash case casus chance coat of arms consequences crash damage death distinction essential event extraneous extraordinary fact gender incontinence insurance insurance money intention interference manifestation mark maryland mistake money negative nonessential number omitted painful point pregnancy property relation retained smashed smashed car softness substance suffering sweetness tragic tragic violent unexpected unforeseen victims violent wreck

Synonym Network

affection alteration befalling calamity casualty casus change condition contingency contingent fortuitous fortuity hap hazard misadventure miscarriage mischance misfortune mishap modification property quality state unforeseen

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.