| Main Entry: | hap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
Synonyms: |
accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, even chance, fluke, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, haphazard, happenchance, happening, happenstance, haza |
| Main Entry: | hap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come |
Synonyms: |
arise, befall, betide, chance upon, come about, come off, come to pass, develop, happen, occur, pass, result, take place, transpire |
| 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: | befall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen to; take place |
Synonyms: |
action, bechance, betide, break, chance, come down, come off, come to pass, cook up a storm, cook with gas, cook*, develop, ensue, fall, fall out, follow, gel, go, go down, hap, happen, jell, materialize, occur, shake*, smoke*, supervene, transpire |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, luck |
Synonyms: |
accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, even chance, fluke, fortuity, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, hap, haphazard, happening, hazard, heads or tails, hit*, in the cards, kismet, lot, lottery, luck out, lucky break, misfortune, occurrence, odds, outcome, peradventure, peril, providence, risk, stroke of luck, throw of the dice, toss-up, turn of the cards, way the cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune |
Antonyms: |
aim, design, plan, scheme |
| 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, come to pass, develop, fall, hap, occur, take place, transpire, turn out |
| Main Entry: | come off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transpire |
Synonyms: |
befall, betide, break, chance, click, come about, develop, go, go off, go over, hap, happen, occur, pan out, prove out, succeed, take place |
Antonyms: |
not happen |
| 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: | luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
Synonyms: |
accident, break, destiny, fate, fifty-fifty, fortuity, fortune, hap, happenstance, hazard, occasion, occurrence, toss-up, unforeseen event |