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| Main Entry: | accidental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening unexpectedly |
| Synonyms: | adventitious, casual, chance, coincidental, contingent, fluky*, fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, random, unexpected, unforeseen, unintentional, unplanned, uncalculated, unintended |
| Notes: | accidental stresses chance; fortuitous so strongly suggests chance that it often connotes absence of cause |
| Antonyms: | decided, essential, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, designed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aimless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having no goal |
| Synonyms: | accidental, any which way, blind, capricious, careless, casual, chance, desultory, erratic, fanciful, fickle, flighty, fortuitous, frivolous, haphazard, heedless, hit-or-miss*, indecisive, indiscriminate, irresolute, pointless, purposeless, random, shiftless, stray, thoughtless, unavailing, unplanned, unpredictable, vagrant, wandering, wanton, wayward, bits-and-pieces, directionless, drifting, fits and starts, goalless, objectless, undirected, unguided |
| Antonyms: | determined, directed, pointed, purposeful, resolute, goal-oriented, motivated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contingent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conditional; possible |
| Synonyms: | accidental, casual, chance, dependent, fluky, fortuitous, haphazard, incidental, likely, odd, probable, probably, random, subject to, uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unpredictable, controlled by, unanticipated |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, real, sure, truthful, unconditional |
| Main Entry: | fluky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chance |
| Synonyms: | accidental, casual, chancy, coincidental, contingent, fortuitous, incalculable, incidental, lucky, odd, uncertain, variable |
| Antonyms: | certain, planned, sure, designed |
| Main Entry: | haphazard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without plan or organization |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, any which way, arbitrary, careless, casual, chance, desultory, devil-may-care*, disorderly, disorganized, erratic, fluke, helter-skelter*, hit-or-miss*, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, loose, offhand, purposeless, random, reckless, slapdash, slipshod, spontaneous, sudden, unconcerned, unconscious, uncoordinated, unexpected, unorganized, unpremeditated, unthinking, willy-nilly*, all over the map, any old way, designless, unconsidered, unmethodical, unsystematic |
| Antonyms: | careful, intentional, methodical, organized, planned, straight, systematic, designed, thought-out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hit-or-miss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | random |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, arbitrary, casual, chance, contingent, fluky, fortuitous, haphazard, incidental, irregular, slipshod, unplanned, unpremeditated, trial-and error |
| Main Entry: | incidental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related; minor |
| Synonyms: | accidental, accompanying, adventitious, ancillary, attendant, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, contingent, fluke*, fortuitous, irregular, nonessential, occasional, odd, random, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, by-the-way, contributing, contributory |
| Antonyms: | basic, essential, fundamental, important, vital |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | random |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | haphazard, chance |
| Synonyms: | accidental, adventitious, aimless, arbitrary, casual, contingent, desultory, fluky, fortuitous, hit-or-miss*, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, odd, promiscuous, purposeless, slapdash*, spot, stray, unplanned, unpremeditated, designless, driftless, objectless, unaimed, unconsidered |
| Antonyms: | definite, methodical, particular, specific, systematic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surprising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unexpected |
| Synonyms: | accidental, amazing, astonishing, chance, extraordinary, fortuitous, impulsive, out of the blue*, remarkable, shocking, startling, stunning, sudden, unforeseen, unpredictable, wonderful, electrifying, from left field, unanticipated, unpredicted, without warning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncalled-for |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unnecessary |
| Synonyms: | accidental, avoidable, fortuitous, futile, inappropriate, needless, nonessential, optional, unessential, uninvited, unwanted, unwarranted, unwelcome, useless, inessential, not required, unneeded, unrequired |
| Main Entry: | unexpected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | surprising |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, accidental, amazing, astonishing, chance, fortuitous, impetuous, impulsive, instantaneous, out of the blue*, payback, prodigious, staggering, startling, stunning, sudden, swift, unforeseen, unheralded, unpredictable, wonderful, electrifying, eye-opening, from left field, not bargained for, not in the cards, unanticipated, unlooked-for, unpredicted |
| Antonyms: | expected |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unforeseen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | surprising |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, accidental, out of the blue*, startling, sudden, surprise, unexpected, from left field, not bargained for, unanticipated, uncalculated, unlooked-for |
| Antonyms: | expected, foreseen, predictable, predicted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unintentional/unintended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not planned |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, casual, chance, erratic, extemporaneous, fortuitous, haphazard, inadvertent, involuntary, purposeless, random, unconscious, unexpected, unforeseen, unplanned, unpremeditated, unthinking, unwitting, undesigned, undevised, unintended, unthought |
| Antonyms: | definite, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned |
| Main Entry: | unnecessary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not required |
| Synonyms: | accidental, additional, avoidable, beside the point*, casual, chance, dispensable, excess, exorbitant, expendable, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, futile, gratuitous, haphazard, irrelevant, lavish, needless, nonessential, optional, prodigal, profuse, random, redundant, superfluous, surplus, uncalled-for, uncritical, undesirable, unessential, useless, wanton, worthless, causeless, inessential, noncompulsory, supererogatory, unneeded, unrequired |
| Antonyms: | indispensable, necessary, needed, required |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unwitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without fully realizing |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, chance, comatose, forgetful, haphazard, ignorant, inadvertent, incognizant, innocent, involuntary, numb, oblivious, senseless, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, unfamiliar, uninformed, unintentional, unknowing, unmindful, unplanned, unsuspecting, unthinking, inconversant, undesigned, uninstructed, unintended, unmeant |
| Antonyms: | conscious, intentional, realizing, witting |
| Main Entry: | unintentional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not planned |
| Synonyms: | accidental, aimless, casual, chance, erratic, extemporaneous, fortuitous, haphazard, inadvertent, involuntary, purposeless, random, unconscious, unexpected, unforeseen, unplanned, unpremeditated, unthinking, unwitting, undesigned, undevised, unintended, unthought |
| Antonyms: | deliberate, intended, intentional, planned |
| Main Entry: | casual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chance, random |
| Synonyms: | accidental, adventitious, by chance, contingent, erratic, extemporaneous, extempore, fluky, fortuitous, impromptu, improvised, impulsive, incidental, infrequent, irregular, occasional, odd, offhand, spontaneous, uncertain, unexpected, unforeseen, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated, serendipitous |
| Antonyms: | deliberate, painstaking, planned, premeditated |
| Main Entry: | extraneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unneeded; irrevelant |
| Synonyms: | accidental, additional, adventitious, beside the point, extra, foreign, immaterial, impertinent, inadmissible, inapplicable, inappropriate, incidental, needless, nonessential, peripheral, pointless, redundant, superfluous, supplementary, unconnected, unessential, unnecessary, unrelated, inapposite, inessential, off the subject |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, basic, essential, integral, necessary, needed, pertinent, relevant |
| Main Entry: | foreign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irrelevant |
| Synonyms: | accidental, adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic, heterogeneous, immaterial, impertinent, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, repugnant, unrelated, inapposite, inconsonant, irrelative, unassimilable, uncharacteristic |
| Antonyms: | characteristic, familiar, known, regular, relevant |
| Main Entry: | happy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lucky |
| Synonyms: | accidental, advantageous, appropriate, apt, auspicious, befitting, casual, convenient, correct, effective, efficacious, enviable, favorable, felicitous, fitting, fortunate, incidental, just, meet, nice, opportune, promising, proper, propitious, right, satisfactory, seasonable, successful, suitable, timely, well-timed, providential |
| Antonyms: | forsaken, hopeless, troubled, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky |
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