accidental

The word “accidental” has 4 syllables: ac-ci-den-tal

It's pronounced as /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛn.təl/

What is synonym and antonym for accidental?

In the thesaurus, “accidental” has 47 synonyms and 46 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for accidental

adventitious
aimless
alien
arbitrary
casual
chance
coerced
coincidental
contingent
desultory
exterior
external
extraneous
extrinsic
flukey
fluky
forced
foreign
fortuitous
freak
haphazard
immaterial
inadvertent
inapplicable
incidental
insignificant
involuntary
irrelevant
nonessential
odd
outside
random
supervenient
uncalculated
uncertain
unconscious
unessential
unexpected
unforeseeable
unforeseen
unintended
unintentional
unnecessary
unplanned
unpremeditated
unprompted
unwitting

Antonyms for accidental

basic
calculated
certain
congenital
conscious
decided
deep-seated
deliberate
designed
destined
essential
expected
fixed
foreordained
foreseeable
foreseen
freewill
inborn
inbred
inevitable
inherent
innate
inside
intended
intentional
interior
internal
intrinsic
knowing
necessary
planned
predestined
predetermined
predictable
premeditated
premeditative
preordained
prepense
prescribed
set
sure
unforced
voluntary
volunteer
wilful
willful

Meanings of accidental

noun
1. A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
2. Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
3. A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
4. Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation or capitalization.
adjective
1. Not essential; incidental, secondary.
2. Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
3. Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
4. Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
5. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
6. Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.

Example Sentences

The spill was completely accidental, but it caused quite a mess.
He made an accidental discovery while exploring the old library.
The accidental meeting turned into a wonderful opportunity.
She laughed off the accidental mistake in her presentation.
They realized the accidental mix-up after checking the names.

On this page you'll find 93 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to accidental, such as: adventitious, aimless, alien, arbitrary, basic, calculated, casual.

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