| Main Entry: | incident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence |
Synonyms: |
adventure, circumstance, episode, event, fact, happening, matter, milestone, occasion, scene, trip |
| Notes: | the primary meaning of incident is that of occurrence or event; the primary meaning of incidence is that of the rate or number of times at which something occurs |
| Main Entry: | adventure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | risky or unexpected undertaking |
Synonyms: |
chance, contingency, emprise, endangerment, enterprise, experience, exploit, feat, happening, hazard, incident, jeopardy, occurrence, peril, scene, speculation, trip, undertaking, venture |
Antonyms: |
avoidance, inaction, inactivity, inertia, latency, passiveness, stillness |
| 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: | akin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related or connected |
Synonyms: |
affiliated, agnate, alike, allied, analogous, cognated, comparable, connate, consonant, corresponding, incident, kindred, like, parallel, similar |
Antonyms: |
alien, disconnected, unconnected, unrelated |
| Main Entry: | allied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | friendly; united |
Synonyms: |
affiliated, agnate, akin, amalgamated, associated, bound, cognate, combined, confederate, connate, connected, in league, incident, joined, joint, kindred, linked, married, related, unified, wed |
Antonyms: |
disunited, estranged, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | ancillary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra; supplementary |
Synonyms: |
accessory, accompanying, additional, adjuvant, appurtenant, attendant, attending, coincident, collateral, concomitant, contributory, incident, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidary |
Antonyms: |
necessary, needed |
| Main Entry: | anecdote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interesting or amusing story |
Synonyms: |
chestnut, episode, fairy tale, fish story, gag, incident, long and short of it, narration, narrative, old chestnut, recital, relation, reminiscence, short story, sketch, tale, tall story, tall tale, yarn |
| Notes: | an antidote is a remedy or other agent used to neutralize or counteract the effects of a poison; an agent is a force or substance that relieves or counteracts; an anecdote is a short account of an interesting or humorous incident |
| Main Entry: | attendant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being present or related |
Synonyms: |
accessory, accompanying, ancillary, associated, attending, coincident, concomitant, consequent, incident |
Antonyms: |
absent, detached |
| 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 |