Synonyms for opportunity
ˌɒp ərˈtu nɪ ti, -ˈtyu-op·por·tu·ni·ty

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1. opportunity

   Synonyms:
   occasion, turn, opening, convenience

   Antonyms:
   inopportuneness, unseasonableness, lapse, omission, contretemps

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1. opportunity, chancenoun

   a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

   "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"

   Synonyms:
   luck, fortune, prospect, chance, probability, hazard

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1. • Possibility

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1. opportunitynoun

   Synonyms:
   chance; fit, suitable, or favorable time; good chance, fitting occasion, nick of time

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1. List of paraphrases for "opportunity":

   chance, occasion, possibility, opportunities, luck, chances, timeliness, option, advisability, desirability, possibilities, potential, 'occasion, appropriateness, ability, time, likelihood, feasibility, prospect, connection

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1. Stacey Mickles:

   Kids in the U.S. have the opportunity to get top notch educations through athletics scholarships, plus, sports help build self-esteem, so schools encourage athletic participation.

2. Hendrik Meijer:

   I have a lot of folks who start out hostile and then when they have an opportunity to hear a little bit more, they get it, and they say,' thank you.' However, that's harder to convey in a three quick bullet points, it's harder to convey in 87 words in a TV spot.

3. Chief Financial Officer Mark Garrett:

   It's growing the most because it's attracting new users... hobbyists and consumers and people that would never buy the Creative products before, so it's expanded our market opportunity.

4. Archaeologist Julie Schablitsky:

   She would’ve spent time here as a child, but also she would’ve come back and been living here with her father in her teenage years, working alongside him, this was the opportunity she had to learn about how to navigate and survive in the wetlands and the woods. We believe this experience was able to benefit her when she began to move people to freedom.

5. Mike Pompeo:

   We hope that there's enough vision here, enough space, that lots of countries will see this as an opportunity to really engage in this process.