occurrence

The word “occurrence” has 3 syllables: oc-cur-rence

It's pronounced as /əˈkɜːrəns/


What is synonym and antonym for occurrence?

In the thesaurus, “occurrence” has 52 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for occurrence

  • accident
  • achievement
  • adventure
  • affair
  • appearance
  • circumstance
  • co-occurrence
  • coincidence
  • condition
  • contingency
  • crisis
  • deed
  • emergency
  • episode
  • event
  • exigency
  • existence
  • experience
  • exploit
  • feat
  • fluke
  • freak
  • hap
  • happenchance
  • happening
  • happenstance
  • incidence
  • incident
  • instance
  • juncture
  • landmark
  • manifestation
  • materialization
  • milepost
  • milestone
  • news
  • occasion
  • page
  • pass
  • phenomenon
  • piece
  • proceeding
  • routine
  • scene
  • situation
  • state
  • thing
  • tidings
  • time
  • transaction
  • transpiration
  • turning point

Antonyms for occurrence

  • denial
  • reality
  • refusal

Meanings of occurrence

  • noun
    1. An actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening.
    2. (grammar) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in or over time.

Example Sentences

  • The sudden occurrence of thunderstorms caught everyone by surprise.
  • Scientists are studying the occurrence of earthquakes in the region to better understand their causes.
  • The rare occurrence of a blue moon is a fascinating astronomical event.
  • The frequency of power outages has increased, with each occurrence causing inconvenience to residents.
  • The police investigated the occurrence of vandalism in the neighborhood to apprehend the culprits.

On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to occurrence, such as: accident, achievement, adventure, affair, appearance, circumstance, co-occurrence.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

fact

  • accomplishment
  • act
  • action
  • actuality
  • adventure
  • affair
  • appearance
  • article
  • aspect
  • authenticity
  • basis
  • being
  • bottom line
  • brass tacks
  • case
  • certainty
  • certitude
  • circumstance
  • component
  • conception
  • concrete happening
  • consideration
  • constituent
  • construction
  • creation
  • data
  • database
  • datum
  • deed
  • detail
  • dope
  • element
  • entity
  • episode
  • event
  • evidence
  • exhibit
  • experience
  • facet
  • factor
  • factuality
  • fait accompli
  • feature
  • findings
  • genuineness
  • gospel
  • gospel truth
  • happening
  • how it is
  • incident
  • inevitability
  • information
  • ingredient
  • intelligence
  • item
  • knowledge
  • law
  • like it is
  • manifestation
  • materiality
  • matter
  • member
  • naked truth
  • nicety
  • occurrence
  • organism
  • palpability
  • part
  • particular
  • particularity
  • performance
  • permanence
  • phenomenon
  • point
  • proceeding
  • reality
  • scene
  • scripture
  • solidity
  • specific
  • stability
  • statistic
  • substantiality
  • thing
  • transaction
  • truism
  • truth
  • verity

yarn

  • account
  • adventure
  • alibi
  • anecdote
  • annals
  • bedtime story
  • chronicle
  • cotton fiber
  • episode
  • event
  • exemplum
  • fable
  • fabrication
  • fairy tale
  • flaxen thread
  • fleece
  • folktale
  • happening
  • history
  • incident
  • joke
  • legend
  • lie
  • line
  • myth
  • narrative
  • novelette
  • novella
  • occurrence
  • parable
  • potboiler
  • prose
  • recital
  • recitation
  • record
  • report
  • romance
  • sea story
  • short story
  • song
  • song and dance
  • spun wool
  • story
  • string
  • tale
  • tall story
  • tall tale
  • thread
  • twist
  • wool

datum

  • accomplishment
  • act
  • action
  • actuality
  • adventure
  • affair
  • agenda
  • annotation
  • article
  • aspect
  • being
  • calendar
  • case
  • circumstance
  • comment
  • commentary
  • component
  • conception
  • consideration
  • constituent
  • construction
  • creation
  • data
  • database
  • deed
  • definition
  • detail
  • diary
  • dispatch
  • element
  • entity
  • entry
  • episode
  • epistle
  • evidence
  • exhibit
  • experience
  • facet
  • fact
  • factor
  • fait accompli
  • feature
  • gloss
  • happening
  • incident
  • information
  • ingredient
  • inscription
  • item
  • jotting
  • journal
  • knowledge
  • letter
  • line
  • manifestation
  • marginalia
  • mark
  • member
  • memo
  • memorandum
  • message
  • minute
  • missive
  • nicety
  • notation
  • obiter dictum
  • observation
  • occurrence
  • organism
  • part
  • particular
  • particularity
  • performance
  • phenomenon
  • point
  • proceeding
  • record
  • remark
  • reminder
  • scratch
  • scrawl
  • scribble
  • specific
  • statistic
  • summary
  • thank-you
  • transaction
  • truism
  • word

occasion

  • accident
  • achievement
  • advance
  • adventure
  • affair
  • alpha and omega
  • antecedent
  • basis
  • be-all and end-all
  • beget
  • begin
  • bit
  • break
  • breed
  • bring
  • bring about
  • bring forth
  • bring on
  • call
  • catalyze
  • causality
  • causation
  • cause
  • celebration
  • chance
  • circumstance
  • co-occurrence
  • coincidence
  • consideration
  • convenience
  • create
  • crisis
  • cultivate
  • decide
  • deed
  • demand
  • determinant
  • determine
  • develop
  • do
  • draw on
  • effect
  • effectuate
  • elicit
  • emergency
  • enact
  • encourage
  • engender
  • episode
  • establish
  • event
  • evoke
  • excuse
  • experience
  • exploit
  • factor
  • father
  • feat
  • flash
  • fluke
  • forward
  • foster
  • found
  • foundation
  • freak
  • further
  • generate
  • give rise to
  • go
  • goings-on
  • ground
  • grounds
  • hap
  • happenchance
  • happening
  • happenstance
  • hatch
  • impetus
  • inaugurate
  • incentive
  • incident
  • induce
  • inducement
  • influence
  • initiate
  • innovate
  • inspiration
  • inspire
  • instant
  • instigation
  • institute
  • introduce
  • invoke
  • jiffy
  • juncture
  • justification
  • landmark
  • launch
  • lead to
  • make
  • milepost
  • milestone
  • minute
  • moment
  • mother
  • motivation
  • motive
  • move
  • muster
  • necessity
  • need
  • news
  • nourish
  • nurture
  • obligation
  • occurrence
  • opening
  • opportunity
  • origin
  • originate
  • page
  • pass
  • persuade
  • phenomenon
  • pioneer
  • play
  • possibility
  • produce
  • promote
  • prompt
  • prompting
  • provocation
  • provoke
  • purpose
  • reason
  • render
  • right
  • room
  • root
  • scene
  • season
  • second
  • set
  • set up
  • shake
  • shot
  • show
  • source
  • space
  • spawn
  • spell
  • split second
  • spring
  • start
  • stimulus
  • stretch
  • thing
  • tidings
  • time
  • trice
  • turn out
  • turning point
  • twinkle
  • use
  • warrant
  • way
  • while
  • wink
  • work
  • work up
  • yield

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

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