Antonyms for peradventures
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pur-uh d-ven-cher, per- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɜr ədˈvɛn tʃər, ˌpɛr- |
Definition of peradventures
Origin :- 1620s, from Middle English peraventure (mid-15c.), from per auenture (late 13c.), from Old French par aventure (see adventure). Refashioned as though from Latin.
- As in chance : noun fate, luck
- It is full of “buts,” and “ifs,” and “maybes,” and “peradventures.”
- Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
- De Quincey loved the shiftless, nomadic life, and gloried in uncertainties and peradventures.
- Extract from : « The Vagabond in Literature » by Arthur Rickett
- A matter of such vital importance ought not to have been trusted to the peradventures and influences of society.
- Extract from : « Was It Right to Forgive? » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- But Johnson has heroically set all peradventures at defiance, and takes the whole charge upon himself.
- Extract from : « The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)--Great Britain and Ireland II » by Various
- Without this light, that land is a land of darkness, lighted only by glimmering sparks of conjectures and peradventures.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon » by Alexander Maclaren
Synonyms for peradventures
- accident
- advantage
- adventure
- bad luck
- break
- cast
- casualty
- coincidence
- contingency
- destination
- destiny
- doom
- even chance
- fluke
- fortuity
- fortune
- future
- gamble
- good luck
- hap
- haphazard
- happening
- hazard
- heads or tails
- hit
- in the cards
- kismet
- lot
- lottery
- luck out
- lucky break
- misfortune
- occurrence
- odds
- outcome
- peradventure
- peril
- providence
- risk
- stroke of luck
- throw of the dice
- toss-up
- turn of the cards
- way the cookie crumbles
- wheel of fortune
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