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hap - 10 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | hap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
| Synonyms: | accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, fluke, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, haphazard, happenchance, happening, happenstance, even chance, haza |
| Main Entry: | hap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come |
| Synonyms: | arise, befall, betide, come about, come off, develop, happen, occur, pass, result, transpire, chance upon, come to pass, take place |
| Main Entry: | befall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen to; take place |
| Synonyms: | action, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, go, go down, happen, jell*, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, transpire, bechance, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, gel, hap, supervene |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | come off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transpire |
| Synonyms: | befall, betide, break, chance, click, come about, develop, go, go off, go over, happen, occur, pan out, succeed, hap, prove out, take place |
| Antonyms: | not happen |
| 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: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, luck |
| Synonyms: | accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, fluke, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, haphazard, happening, hazard, hit*, kismet, lot, lottery, lucky break, misfortune, occurrence, odds, outcome, peril, providence, risk, stroke of luck*, toss-up, wheel of fortune*, even chance, fortuity, hap, heads or tails, in the cards, luck out, peradventure, throw of the dice, turn of the cards, way the cookie crumbles |
| Antonyms: | aim, design, plan, scheme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | arrive, be one's fate, befall, betide, blunder on, break, bump, come, come about, come off, come to pass, fall out, fall to one's lot, go, hap, hit upon, light, light upon, luck, meet, occur, stumble, stumble on, transpire, tumble, turn up |
| Main Entry: | come |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
| Synonyms: | befall, betide, break, chance, develop, fall, occur, transpire, turn out, come to pass, hap, take place |
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | effect, result |
| Synonyms: | aftermath, case, chance, conclusion, consequence, end, eventuality, happenstance, issue, offshoot, outcome, outgrowth, product, sequel, termination, upshot, aftereffect, causatum, end result, fortuity, hap, resultant, sequent |
| Antonyms: | cause, source |
| Main Entry: | luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
| Synonyms: | accident, break, destiny, fate, fortune, happenstance, hazard, occasion, occurrence, toss-up, fifty-fifty*, fortuity, hap, unforeseen event |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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