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circumstances - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | circumstances |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of affairs in one's life |
| Synonyms: | assets, capital, class, command, degree, footing, income, lifestyle, lot, means, net worth, outlook, position, precedence, prestige, property, prosperity, rank, rating, resources, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, substance, chances, dowry, financial status, prospects, times, way of life, worldly goods |
| 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: | data |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information in visible form |
| Synonyms: | brass tacks*, chapter and verse*, circumstances, details, dope, dossier, evidence, facts, goods, knowledge, notes, picture, proof, scoop, score, statistics, testimony, abstracts, compilations, conclusions, documents, experiments, figures, info, input, materials, measurements, memorandums, reports, results, whole story |
| Notes: | data (plural noun) is a collection of facts, observations, or measurements from which conclusions may be drawn while datum (singular noun) is an item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | environment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | surroundings, atmosphere |
| Synonyms: | aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, entourage, habitat, hood*, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, zoo, ambiance, encompassment, purlieus, stomping ground |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | livelihood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
| Synonyms: | art, bread and butter, business, circumstances, craft, employment, game*, grind*, income, job, keep*, living, maintenance, means, profession, racket*, rat race*, resources, slot, subsistence, support, sustenance, thing*, trade, vocation, work, alimentation, nine-to-five, source of income, what one is into |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dilemma, difficulty; situation |
| Synonyms: | bad news*, circumstances, condition, corner*, extremity, fix*, hole*, impasse, jam, pickle*, pinch*, predicament, quandary, scrape*, spot*, state*, trouble, double trouble, perplexity, straits, tight situation |
| Antonyms: | blessing, boon, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | status quo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | current situation |
| Synonyms: | circumstances, situation, standing, state, status, usual, existing condition, existing conditions, how things stand, no change, parameters, present state of affairs, size of it, state of affairs, status in quo |
| Main Entry: | subsistence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provisions for survival |
| Synonyms: | affluence, bread*, bread and butter, capital, circumstances, competence, earnings, existence, food, fortune, gratuity, income, independence, keep, legacy, livelihood, living, maintenance, means, money, nurture, pension, property, provision, ration, resources, riches, salary, salt*, substance, support, sustenance, upkeep, victuals, wages, wealth, wherewithal, aliment, alimentation, necessities |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conditions |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | circumstances, setting, surrounding, surroundings |
| Main Entry: | identity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's individuality |
| Synonyms: | character, circumstances, coherence, existence, identification, integrity, name, oneness, personality, self, status, distinctiveness, ipseity, particularity, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, singleness, singularity, uniqueness |
| Main Entry: | terms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conditions, agreement |
| Synonyms: | charge, circumstances, conclusion, condition, details, fee, fine print, nitty-gritty*, payment, premise, premises, price, provision, provisions, proviso, rate, reservation, small print*, stipulation, treaty, understanding, items, particulars, points, provisos, qualifications, size of it, specifications, stipulations, strings, what it is |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fortune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, lot in life |
| Synonyms: | accident, break*, certainty, chance, circumstances, contingency, destiny, doom, expectation, experience, fighting chance*, fluke*, hazard, history, karma*, kismet*, life, luck, lucky break*, portion, providence, star, success, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, fifty-fifty*, fortuity, fortunateness, good break, lucked into, lucked out, luckiness, lucky hit, roll of the dice, run of luck, streak of luck, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | posture, stance |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, attitude, bearing, carriage, circumstances, condition, deportment, disposition, form, habit, manner, mien, pass, plight, port, pose, predicament, situation, spot, stand, state, status, strait, ballgame, how things stack up, like it is, the size of it |
| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's experiences |
| Synonyms: | attainment, behavior, circumstances, conduct, development, enjoyment, enlightenment, growth, happiness, journey, knowledge, lifestyle, participation, personality, realization, suffering, world, hand one is dealt, human condition, trials and tribulations, vicissitudes, way of life |
| Main Entry: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance event |
| Synonyms: | adventure, circumstance, contingency, fate, fluke*, fortune, happening, luck, occasion, occurrence, turn, fortuity |
| Antonyms: | calculation, decision, decree, plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking, hap, office function |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, break*, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, cup, design, doom, expectation, finality, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, prospect, serendipity, wheel of fortune*, Moirai, breaks, constellation, course of events, divine decree, foreordination, inevitability, predetermination, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, world to come |
| Antonyms: | choice, free will, volition |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | development |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happening, incident |
| Synonyms: | change, circumstance, conclusion, denouement, event, eventuality, issue, occurrence, outcome, phenomenon, result, situation, upshot, eventuation, materialization, transpiration, turn of events |
| Main Entry: | doom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate or decision, usually unpleasant |
| Synonyms: | Judgment Day, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, circumstance, conclusion, condemnation, death, decree, destination, destiny, destruction, disaster, downfall, end, fortune, judgment, karma, kismet, lot, opinion, portion, predestination, ruin, sentence, tragedy, verdict, Moira, annihilation, fixed future, foreordination, handwriting on wall, lap of the gods, predetermination, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
| Main Entry: | episode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure; scene |
| Synonyms: | affair, business, chapter, circumstance, doings, event, experience, goings-on, happening, incident, installment, interlude, matter, occasion, occurrence, part, passage, section, thing*, what's going down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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