Synonyms for chance
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : chans, chahns |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃæns, tʃɑns |
Top 10 synonyms for chance Other synonyms for the word chance
- accident
- adventitious
- adventure
- arrive
- at random
- attempt
- bad luck
- be one's fate
- befall
- bet
- betide
- blunder on
- bump
- cast
- cast lots
- casual
- casualty
- coincidence
- come
- come about
- come off
- come to pass
- contingency
- contingent
- craps game
- destination
- destiny
- doom
- draw lots
- even chance
- fair shake
- fall of the cards
- fall out
- fall to one's lot
- fighting chance
- fluke
- fluky
- fortuitous
- fortuity
- fortunate
- fortune
- gamble
- go
- go out on a limb
- good luck
- hap
- haphazard
- happening
- happy
- have a fling at
- hazard
- heads or tails
- hit upon
- in the cards
- inadvertent
- incidental
- indications
- jeopardize
- jeopardy
- kismet
- liability
- light
- light upon
- long shot
- look-in
- lottery
- luck
- luck out
- lucky
- lucky break
- meet
- misfortune
- occasion
- occur
- occurrence
- odd
- offhand
- opening
- peradventure
- peril
- play with fire
- plunge
- prospect
- providence
- put eggs in one basket
- put it on the line
- raffle
- risk
- roll the dice
- run the risk
- scope
- shot
- show
- skate on thin ice
- speculate
- speculation
- squeak
- stake
- stick one's neck out
- stroke of luck
- stumble
- stumble on
- take shot in the dark
- tempt fate
- tempt fortune
- throw of the dice
- time
- toss up
- toss-up
- transpire
- try
- tumble
- turn of the cards
- turn up
- unforeseen
- unintentional
- unlooked for
- unplanned
- venture
- wager
- way the cookie crumbles
- wheel of fortune
- wildcat
Définition of chance
Origin :- c.1300, "something that takes place, what happens, an occurrence" (good or bad, but more often bad), from Old French cheance "accident, chance, fortune, luck, situation, the falling of dice" (12c., Modern French chance), from Vulgar Latin *cadentia "that which falls out," a term used in dice, from neuter plural of Latin cadens, present participle of cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)).
- In English frequently in plural, chances. The word's notions of "opportunity" and "randomness" are as old as the record of it in English and now all but crowd out the word's original notion of "mere occurrence." Main chance "thing of most importance" is from 1570s, bearing the older sense. The mathematical (and hence odds-making) sense is attested from 1778. To stand a chance (or not) is from 1796.
- To take (one's) chances "accept what happens" (early 14c.) is from the old, neutral sense; to take a chance/take chances is originally (by 1814) "participate in a raffle or lottery or game;" extended sense of "take a risk" is by 1826.
- adj accidental, unforeseeable
- noun possibility, probability
- noun fate, luck
- noun gamble, risk
- verb risk, endanger
- verb happen
- Without reasons I was sure of, you know, so there could be no chance of any mistake.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And what avails skill in music, if there is no chance to display it?
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- But if she had any such thing I'm sure it was ended, and she'd have jumped at this chance a year ago.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He took a cab and was driven to the local branch of his favourite temple of chance.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Will you take care of some money for me until I get a chance to deposit it in the savings bank?
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Is there any chance of making Mr. Davis return the money my father deposited with him?
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- In the broad pathways of the ocean such a chance is doubtful.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- "There is not one chance in ten that he is living," he said.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He drove first to the Milbrey house, on the chance that she might be at home.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I know more than one New York girl who'd have jumped at the chance.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
Antonyms for chance
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