Synonyms for chances
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : chans, chahns |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃæns, tʃɑns |
Top 10 synonyms for chances Other synonyms for the word chances
- accident
- adventure
- arrive
- attempt
- bad luck
- be one's fate
- befall
- bet
- betide
- blunder on
- bump
- cast
- cast lots
- casualty
- coincidence
- come
- come about
- come off
- come to pass
- contingency
- 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
- fortuity
- fortune
- gamble
- go
- go out on a limb
- good luck
- hap
- haphazard
- happening
- have a fling at
- hazard
- heads or tails
- hit upon
- in the cards
- indications
- jeopardize
- jeopardy
- kismet
- liability
- light
- light upon
- long shot
- look-in
- lottery
- luck
- luck out
- lucky break
- meet
- misfortune
- occasion
- occur
- occurrence
- 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
- venture
- wager
- way the cookie crumbles
- wheel of fortune
- wildcat
Définition of chances
Origin :- late 14c., "to come about, to happen," from chance (n.). Meaning "to risk" attested from 1859. Related: Chanced; chancing.
- noun possibility, probability
- noun fate, luck
- noun gamble, risk
- verb risk, endanger
- verb happen
- And of course you can't ever be no Shepler 'less you take your share of chances.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- There must be chances; he would be sure to keep his eyes open after this.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- She has had chances to my certain knowledge (widowers and such).
- Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 3. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
- I knew what it had to do, and I warn't goin' to take no chances of its not doin' it right.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- It would have alarmed his superiors, and done away with his chances of promotion.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Now, as it chances—I tell you who do not break secrets—my father was a Marano.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- He is a soldier, and knows how to estimate the chances of the woods.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- During the return to Syracuse, the chances of falling in with them were become fewer.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- But the chances were gradually growing unfavorable to Hawkeye and his band.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- In those battles the chances were with the Union, but here they were against it.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
Antonyms for chances
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