Synonyms for accident
ˈæk sɪ dəntac·ci·dent

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1. accidentnoun

   Synonyms:
   befalling, chance, contingency, casualty, mishap

2. accidentnoun

   Synonyms:
   casus

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1. accident

   An accident is that which happens without any one's direct intention; a chance that which happens without any known cause. If the direct cause of a railroad accident is known, we can not call it a chance. To the theist there is, in strictness, no chance, all things being by divine causation and control; but chance is spoken of where no special cause is manifest: "By chance there came down a certain priest that way," Luke x, 31. We can speak of a game of chance, but not of a game of accident. An incident is viewed as occurring in the regular course of things, but subordinate to the main purpose, or aside from the main design. Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces. Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent, but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be; we say "he has a chance of success," or "there is one chance in a thousand," where we could not substitute fortune; as personified, Fortune is regarded as having a fitful purpose, Chance as purposeless; we speak of fickle Fortune, blind Chance; "Fortune favors the brave." The slaughter of men is an incident of battle; unexpected defeat, the fortune of war. Since the unintended is often the undesirable, accident tends to signify some calamity or disaster, unless the contrary is expressed, as when we say a fortunate or happy accident. An adventure is that which may turn out ill, a misadventure that which does turn out ill. A slight disturbing accident is a mishap. Compare EVENT; HAZARD.

   Synonyms:
   adventure, calamity, casualty, chance, contingency, disaster, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibility

   Antonyms:
   appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purpose

   Preposition:
   The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.

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1. accident

   Synonyms:
   chance, fortuity, disaster, incident, adventure, casualty, hazard, contingency, calamity, misadventure, mishap

   Antonyms:
   law, purpose, appointment, ordainment, provision, preparation

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1. accidentnoun

   an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

   Synonyms:
   chance event, fortuity, stroke

2. accident, stroke, fortuity, chance eventnoun

   anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

   "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"

   Synonyms:
   stroking, solidus, slash, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, fortuity, throw, stroke

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1. • Mishap

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1. accidentnoun

   Synonyms:
   casualty, chance, fortuity, mischance, misadventure, calamity, mishap, hap, hazard, contingency, CONTRETEMPS, unforeseen or fortuitous event

2. accidentnoun

   Synonyms:
   property, quality, modification, affection, mode

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1. accidentnoun

   Synonyms:
   casualty, mishap, contretemps, mischance, contingency

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1. List of paraphrases for "accident":

   accidents, incident, crash, coincidence, disaster, injury, accidental, wreck, incidents, misfortune, mishap, casualty, crashes, occurrence

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1. John Campbell:

   This was a tragic but unavoidable accident caused primarily by human error, u.S. forces would never intentionally (strike) a hospital.

2. Savitri Carlson:

   She was a very experienced and cautious swimmer, this was a freak accident, not a lack of caution.

3. Martin Lentsoane:

   The news around the company would be negative after the accident, and this contributed to the fall in the shares. There are questions on how the bridge was constructed, there could be lawsuits, regulators will be investigating, all these could be more bad news.

4. Jeffrey Lewis:

   What's important is that the Serebryanka is inside that exclusion zone. It's there. It's inside the ocean perimeter that they set up. It's not there by accident, i think they were probably there to pick up a propulsion unit off the ocean floor.

5. Erik Pevernagie:

   Sometimes life turns its back to people. A misfortune, a physical accident or a mental emergency can take them by surprise. Similar to the unexpected assault on Pearl Harbor and the Twin Towers in New York, which took a whole nation by surprise , the lives of individuals can be suddenly disrupted.