Synonyms for chance upon
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : chans, chahns |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃæns, tʃɑns |
Top 10 synonyms for chance upon Other synonyms for the word chance upon
- achieve
- alight upon
- arise
- attain
- befall
- betide
- blunder upon
- bring to light
- chance
- chance upon
- close
- collar
- come about
- come across
- come off
- come to pass
- come up against
- come up with
- come upon
- corral
- cross the path
- descry
- develop
- dig up
- discern
- discover
- distinguish
- effect
- encounter
- espy
- expose
- fall in with
- fall upon
- ferret out
- find
- front
- happen
- happen upon
- hit
- hit upon
- lay bare
- lay fingers on
- light
- light upon
- locate
- luck
- make out
- meet
- meet up with
- notice
- observe
- occur
- open up
- pass
- perceive
- pinpoint
- reach
- recognize
- recover
- result
- rub eyeballs
- run across
- run into
- run smack into
- scare up
- seize
- sight
- smoke out
- spot
- strike
- stub toe on
- stumble
- stumble across
- stumble upon
- suffer
- sustain
- take
- take place
- track down
- transpire
- trip on
- tumble
- turn up
- uncover
- undergo
- unearth
Définition of chance upon
Origin :- late 14c., "to come about, to happen," from chance (n.). Meaning "to risk" attested from 1859. Related: Chanced; chancing.
- As in strike : verb find, discover
- As in stumble : verb happen upon
- As in bump into : verb happen upon
- As in hap : verb come
- As in come across : verb encounter, find
- As in encounter : verb happen upon
- As in find : verb catch sight of, lay hands on
- I didn't that night chance upon Cornelius till I had had it out with the girl.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- But presently he will chance upon some tome whose appeal is irresistible.
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
- She had been doing just this until her eyes had fallen by chance upon this Chinaman.
- Extract from : « Hour of Enchantment » by Roy J. Snell
- On my return to Larnaka I had the luck to chance upon some dear friends, with whom I supped.
- Extract from : « Cyprus » by Franz von Lher
- But I know that there is no chance upon this earth to see again the one you love.
- Extract from : « In Search of Mademoiselle » by George Gibbs
- Yet when one does chance upon a spring, it is apt to be a strikingly beautiful one.
- Extract from : « Riverby » by John Burroughs
- We have also arranged that nobody else will chance upon what we have discovered.
- Extract from : « The Impostor » by Harold Bindloss
- I came by chance upon a copy of “In Memoriam,” then just published anonymously.
- Extract from : « Tennyson and His Friends » by Various
- If her eyes should chance upon these lines, I hope she will write to me.
- Extract from : « The Road » by Jack London
- I 'd not go bail for his preferring your interests to his own, but as times go, you might chance upon worse.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
Antonyms for chance upon
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