Antonyms for coincidence

Grammar : Noun

Spell : koh-in-si-duhns

Phonetic Transcription : koʊˈɪn sɪ dəns

Definition of coincidence

Origin : c.1600, "exact correspondence," from French coincidence, from coincider (see coincide). Meaning "a concurrence of events with no apparent connection" is from 1680s.

noun agreement; coexistence
noun accidental happening

Example sentences :

The coincidence was interpreted by Casanova as a propitious sign.
Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

He had known the last witness seven or eight years; that was merely a coincidence.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

"That's a coincidence," observed the stranger, twirling his pale mustache.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

Was this coincidence, or prevision, or what Mr. Dessoir calls the 'falsification of memory'?
Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor

No one knows how it happened, but there was a coincidence about the time which I must relate.
Extract from : « The Monkey That Would Not Kill » by Henry Drummond

We know that Denberg is loose and their capture of Thelma is no coincidence.
Extract from : « Poisoned Air » by Sterner St. Paul Meek

Foulet shrugged, "Coincidence—possibly," he said, "but it is our only clue."
Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby

For I will tell you what has happened to me; and I regard the coincidence as a sort of omen.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

The coincidence of the "abbey" name would not have brought me there, of itself.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I presume it was a coincidence, like our meeting at the pond.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for coincidence

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