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The word "chance" can be used as noun, verb, proper noun, adverb, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

certainty chest community community chest for sure skill sure sure thing

Derived Terms

Buckley's chance Chinaman's chance Chinaman's chance in hell Come By Chance bechance bechance blow one's chance by any chance by chance cat in hell's chance cat's chance in hell chance acquaintance chance card chance fracture chance on chance one's arm chance passenger chance the ducks chance upon chance would be a fine thing chance'd be a fine thing chance-medley chanceable chanceful chanceless chancely chancer chances are chancewise chancy dog's chance even chance fair chance fat chance fighting chance first-chance exception game of chance give chance to half a chance half-chance happenchance happy chance in with a chance jump at the chance jump on the chance last chance last chance saloon leave to chance main chance mum chance no chance not a chance off chance off-chance on the off chance outside chance overchance perchance second chance shutter chance slim chance smart chance snowball's chance snowball's chance in an oven snowball's chance in heck snowball's chance in hell snowflake's chance in hell sporting chance stand a chance take a chance take one's chance unchance unchanced wanchance

Derived From

chauncey

Etymologically Related To

cadenza

Context

belize

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

amount assay attempt come about come across danger encounter essay fall out go on hap happen measure meet occur pass pass off peril phenomenon possibility possibleness potency potential potentiality quantity risk run across run into see seek take place try

Type Of (IsA)

risk

Manner Of

happen

Related Terms

befall bet bet choice by card cards casinos casual chauncey cheat choice discover fate fortuitousness fortune fortune luck gamble gambling game game of games games of good good risk happen happenstance lot lottery lottery risk luck lucky lucky moment mark moment monopoly monopoly card monopoly cards monopoly game occur occurrence odds opportunity option perchance perhaps person possibility probability question question mark random random luck randomness risk rob swindle taking taking risk try

Similar Terms

unplanned

Synonym Network

casual find gamble luck opportunity probability prospect

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