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accident

The word “accident” has 3 syllables: ac-ci-dent

It's pronounced as /ˈæk.sɪ.dənt/

What is synonym and antonym for accident?

In the thesaurus, “accident” has 55 synonyms and 26 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for accident along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for accident

  • adventure
  • blow
  • bummer
  • calamity
  • casualty
  • cataclysm
  • catastrophe
  • chance
  • circumstance
  • collision
  • contingency
  • crack-up
  • crash
  • cropper
  • danger
  • deathblow
  • destiny
  • disaster
  • doom
  • fate
  • fender-bender
  • fluke
  • fortuitousness
  • fortuity
  • fortune
  • hap
  • haphazardry
  • happenchance
  • happening
  • happenstance
  • hazard
  • knock
  • lot
  • luck
  • misadventure
  • mischance
  • misfortune
  • mishap
  • occasion
  • occurrence
  • peril
  • pileup
  • randomness
  • rear-ender
  • risk
  • setback
  • smash
  • smash-up
  • smashup
  • stack-up
  • total
  • tragedy
  • turn
  • uncertainty
  • wreck

Antonyms for accident

  • blessing
  • boon
  • break
  • calculation
  • certainty
  • decision
  • decree
  • design
  • fluke
  • fortune
  • godsend
  • good fortune
  • good luck
  • intent
  • intention
  • luck
  • miracle
  • necessity
  • outline
  • plan
  • provision
  • purpose
  • scheme
  • serendipity
  • strike
  • windfall

Meanings of accident

  • noun
    1. An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences.
    2. Especially, a collision or similar unintended event that causes damage or death.
    3. Any chance event.
    4. Chance.
    5. Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential.
    6. An instance of incontinence.
    7. An unintended pregnancy.
    8. A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
    9. (grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.
    10. An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
    11. A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.
    12. A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
    13. Casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
    14. Appearance, manifestation.

Example Sentences

  • She had a minor accident while cooking in the kitchen.
  • The accident on the highway caused a major traffic jam.
  • He was late to work because of an unexpected accident.
  • Thankfully, no one was injured in the car accident.
  • The documentary explored the causes of the tragic accident.

On this page you'll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to accident, such as: adventure, blessing, blow, boon, break, bummer, calamity.

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aberrations

abnormalities

abnormality

calamities

  • Armageddons
  • accidents
  • adversity
  • affliction
  • apocalypses
  • blasts
  • bloodbaths
  • blows
  • blue ruin
  • casualties
  • cataclysm
  • cataclysms
  • catastrophe
  • catastrophes
  • collapse
  • collapses
  • convulsions
  • crashes
  • cross
  • curtains
  • debacles
  • disasters
  • distress
  • doomsdays
  • double whammies
  • downfall
  • end-times
  • fatalities
  • hardship
  • holy mess
  • meltdowns
  • misadventure
  • misadventures
  • mischance
  • mischances
  • misfortune
  • misfortunes
  • mishap
  • mishaps
  • one-two punches
  • one-twos
  • paroxysms
  • reverse
  • ruin
  • scourge
  • the worst
  • tragedies
  • trial
  • tribulation
  • unholy mess
  • upheavals
  • visitation
  • waterloo
  • woe
  • wreck
  • wretchedness

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