occasions

The word “occasions” has 3 syllables: oc-ca-sions

It's pronounced as /əˈkeɪʒənz/

What is synonym and antonym for occasions?

In the thesaurus, “occasions” has 203 synonyms and 76 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for occasions

accidents
achievements
advances
adventures
affair
affairs
alpha and omegas
antecedent
antecedents
basis
be-all and end-alls
begets
begins
bits
break
breaks
breed
breeds
brings
brings about
brings forth
brings on
call
catalyzes
causalities
causations
cause
causes
celebration
chances
circumstance
circumstances
co-occurrences
coincidences
considerations
convenience
create
creates
crises
cultivates
decides
deeds
demand
determinant
determinants
determines
develops
do
does
draws on
effect
effects
effectuates
elicit
emergencies
enacts
encourages
engender
engenders
episode
episodes
establishes
events
evoke
excuse
experience
experiences
exploits
factors
fathers
feats
flashes
flukes
forwards
fosters
foundation
founds
freaks
furthers
generate
generates
give rise to
gives rise to
go
goings-on
ground
grounds
happenchances
happening
happenings
happenstances
haps
hatch
impetuses
inaugurates
incentives
incident
incidents
induce
inducement
induces
influence
initiates
innovates
inspirations
inspire
instant
instants
instigations
institutes
introduces
invokes
jiffies
junctures
justification
landmarks
launches
lead to
makes
milepost
mileposts
milestone
milestones
minutes
moment
moments
mothers
motivation
motive
move
muster
necessity
need
news
nourishes
nurtures
obligation
occurrence
occurrences
opening
openings
opportunities
opportunity
originate
origins
pages
passes
persuade
phenomena
phenomenons
pioneers
plays
possibility
produce
produces
promotes
prompt
prompting
prompts
provocation
provoke
purpose
reasons
renders
right
room
roots
scene
season
seconds
sets
sets up
shakes
shot
shots
show
sources
spaces
spawns
spells
split seconds
springs
starts
stimuli
stretches
thing
things
tidings
time
times
trices
turning points
turns out
twinkles
use
warrant
ways
while
whiles
winks
work up
works
yields

Antonyms for occasions

abolishes
aftereffects
aftermaths
arrests
by-products
byproducts
cans
checks
conclusions
consequences
controls
corollaries
crushes
curbs
dampens
demolishes
denouements
destroy
destroys
developments
discourage
discouragement
dissuade
effects
end
ends
extinguishes
fail
fates
finish
fruits
halt
hinder
hindrance
impedes
inhibits
issues
kills
limits
liquidates
misfortune
neglect
outcomes
outgrowths
prevent
prevention
products
puts down
quashes
quells
quenches
ramifications
repercussions
repress
represses
restrains
restricts
result
resultants
results
retards
ruin
sequels
sequences
side effects
side reactions
smothers
squashes
squelches
stifles
stills
stop
subdues
suppress
suppresses
upshots

Meanings of occasions

noun
1. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
2. The time when something happens.
3. An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason.
4. Something which causes something else; a cause.
5. An occurrence or incident.
6. A particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
7. Need; requirement, necessity.
8. A special event or function.
9. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
verb
1. To cause; to produce; to induce.

Example Sentences

On special occasions, families gather to celebrate and create lasting memories.
She wore her finest dress for the occasions when she attended formal events.
Flowers are often given as gifts on romantic occasions such as anniversaries and Valentine's Day.
The restaurant offers a special menu for festive occasions like New Year's Eve and Christmas.
His generosity knows no bounds, he always donates to charity on various occasions throughout the year.

On this page you'll find 279 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to occasions, such as: abolishes, accidents, achievements, advances, adventures, affair, affairs.

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