| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence, happening |
Synonyms: |
accident, act, action, advent, adventure, affair, appearance, business, calamity, case, catastrophe, celebration, ceremony, chance, circumstance, coincidence, conjuncture, crisis, deed, development, emergency, episode, experience, exploit, fact, function, holiday, incident, juncture, marvel, matter, milestone, miracle, misfortune, mishap, mistake, occasion, occurrence, pass, phase, phenomenon, predicament, proceeding, shift, situation, story, thing*, tide, transaction, triumph, turn, wonder |
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect, result |
Synonyms: |
aftereffect, aftermath, case, causatum, chance, conclusion, consequence, end, end result, eventuality, fortuity, hap, happenstance, issue, offshoot, outcome, outgrowth, product, resultant, sequel, sequent, termination, upshot |
Antonyms: |
cause, source |
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | performance, competition |
Synonyms: |
bout, contest, game, match, meet, tournament |
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity |
Synonyms: |
assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, office function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking |
| Main Entry: | athletics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sports |
Synonyms: |
contest, drill, events, exercises, games, practice, races, recreation, workout |
| Main Entry: | case |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circumstance, conditions |
Synonyms: |
context, contingency, crisis, dilemma, event, eventuality, fact, incident, occurrence, plight, position, predicament, problem, quandary, situation, state, status |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
Synonyms: |
Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | competition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contest |
Synonyms: |
antagonism, athletic event, bout, candidacy, championship, clash, concours, contention, controversy, counteraction, do or die, dog eat dog, emulation, encounter, engagement, event, fight, game, go for it, go for the gold, horse race, jungle*, match, matchup, meeting, one on one, one-upping, opposition, pairing off, puzzle, quiz, race, racing, rat race, rivalry, run, sport, strife, striving, struggle, tilt, tournament, trial, tug-of-war, warfare |
| Notes: | competition refers to an abstract quality, whereas competitiveness implies a practical activity whose manifestation can be observed |
| Main Entry: | consequence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | result, outcome of action |
Synonyms: |
aftereffect, aftermath, bottom line, can of worms, chain reaction, effect, end, event, fallout, follow through, follow-up, issue, outgrowth, payback, reaction, repercussion, sequel, sequence, spin-off, upshot, waves |
Antonyms: |
beginning, cause, commencement, inception, origin, rise, source, start |
| Main Entry: | contingency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance happening; possibility |
Synonyms: |
accident, break, chance, crisis, crossroads, emergency, event, eventuality, exigency, fortuity, happening, if it's cool, incident, juncture, likelihood, occasion, odds, opportunity, pass, pinch, predicament, probability, strait, turning point, uncertainty, zero hour |
Antonyms: |
certainty, definiteness, reality, surety, truth |