Word Type

Verb

Adverb

The word "happen" can be used as verb and adverb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

occur

Derived Terms

accident waiting to happen accidents will happen accidents will happen in the best regulated families as it happens behappen couldn't happen to a nicer disaster waiting to happen happen across happen along happen by happen on happen upon happenable happenchance happener happeningly if it happens, it happens it so happens make fetch happen make happen mappen mishappen or it didn't happen pics or it didn't happen pictures or it didn't happen rehappen shit happens these things happen unhappen waiting to happen what's happening worse things happen at sea

Context

followed by obsolete or dialect

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

chance come about come across encounter exist fall out go on hap meet occur pass pass off run across run into see take place

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

coincide ensue fare

Manner Of

chance

Related Terms

come into being happening happenstance

Related Terms

about about to befall by chance chance circumstance encounter event go happening happenstance make make go maybe occur perhaps place take take place

Similar Terms

bechance befall

Synonym Network

come about come to pass find occur

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