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opportunity - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | opportunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky chance; favorable circumstances |
| Synonyms: | befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake*, fighting chance*, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack* |
| Antonyms: | bad luck, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alternative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possible choice |
| Synonyms: | opportunity, option, other, pick, preference, recourse, redundancy, selection, sub*, substitute, back-up, druthers, other fish in sea, other fish to fry, take it or leave it |
| Notes: | alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn, especially continuously' and alternative means 'one instead of the other' or 'allowing or necessitating a choice between two or more things' |
| Antonyms: | compulsion, constraint, necessity, obligation, restraint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | choice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power to select; selection |
| Synonyms: | alternative, appraisal, choosing, cull, cup of tea*, decision, determination, discretion, discrimination, distinction, election, evaluation, extract, favorite, finding, free will, judgment, opportunity, option, pick, preference, rating, say, substitute, variety, verdict, volition, vote, weakness, druthers |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contingency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance happening; possibility |
| Synonyms: | accident, break, chance, crisis, crossroads, emergency, event, eventuality, exigency, fortuity, happening, if it's cool, incident, juncture, likelihood, occasion, odds, opportunity, pass, pinch, predicament, probability, strait, turning point, uncertainty, zero hour* |
| Antonyms: | certainty, definiteness, reality, surety, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leisure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | free time and its activities |
| Synonyms: | chance, convenience, ease, freedom, holiday, idle hours, intermission, leave of absence, liberty, one's own sweet time, opportunity, pause, quiet, range, recess, recreation, relaxation, repose, requiescence, respite, rest, retirement, sabbatical, scope, spare moments, spare time, time, time off*, unemployment, vacant hour, vacation |
| Antonyms: | employment, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | liberty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | freedom |
| Synonyms: | authorization, autonomy, birthright, carte blanche, choice, convenience, decision, deliverance, delivery, dispensation, emancipation, enlightenment, exemption, franchise, free speech, immunity, independence, leave, leisure, liberation, license, opportunity, permission, prerogative, privilege, relaxation, release, rest, right, sanction, sovereignty, suffrage, autarchy, enfranchisement, power of choice, self-determination, self-government, unconstraint |
| Antonyms: | arrest, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint |
| Main Entry: | option |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alternative |
| Synonyms: | advantage, benefit, choice, claim, dibs*, dilemma, discretion, election, franchise, free will*, grant, license, opportunity, pickup, preference, prerogative, privilege, right, selection, druthers, flipside, other side of coin, take it or leave it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | possibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feasibility, likelihood; chance |
| Synonyms: | action, break, circumstance, contingency, fair shake*, fling*, fluke*, happening, hazard, hope, incident, instance, liability, occasion, occurrence, odds*, opportunity, play*, prayer*, probability, prospect, risk*, shot*, stab*, toss-up, achievability, attainableness, fifty-fifty*, fortuity, likeliness, outside chance, plausibility, potentiality, practicability, workableness |
| Antonyms: | impossibility, impossible, unfeasibility, unlikelihood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | privilege |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | right, due |
| Synonyms: | advantage, allowance, appanage, appurtenance, authority, authorization, benefit, birthright, boon, chance, charter, claim, concession, event, exemption, favor, franchise, freedom, grant, immunity, liberty, license, opportunity, perquisite, prerogative, right, sanction, entitlement |
| Antonyms: | detriment, disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | risk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance taken |
| Synonyms: | accident, contingency, danger, exposure, flyer*, fortune, gamble, hazard, jeopardy, liability, luck, opportunity, peril, plunge, possibility, prospect, shot in the dark*, speculation, stab*, uncertainty, venture, wager, exposedness, fortuity, header, liableness, openness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, safety, surety, sureness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent or range of something |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, breadth, capacity, compass, confines, elbow room*, extension, field, freedom, fullness, latitude, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, orbit, outlook, play, radius, reach, room, run, space, span, sphere, amplitude, comprehensiveness, field of reference, purview, wideness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time of year governed by annual equinoxes |
| Synonyms: | autumn, division, fall, interval, juncture, occasion, opportunity, period, spell, spring, summer, term, time, while, winter |
| Main Entry: | vacancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opening |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, emptiness, gap, job, lack, opportunity, position, post, room, situation, space, vacuity, vacuum, void, blankness, desertedness, vacuousness, voidness |
| Antonyms: | fill, overflow |
| Main Entry: | opportunism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expediency |
| Synonyms: | advantage, exploitation, opportunity, timeliness, advantageousness, expedience |
| Main Entry: | timeliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opportuneness |
| Synonyms: | opportunity, well-timed, seasonableness |
| Antonyms: | inopportuneness, unseasonableness |
| Main Entry: | brass ring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opportunity for success |
| Synonyms: | opportunity, plum, prize, reward, trophy |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possibility, probability |
| Synonyms: | break, contingency, fair shake*, fighting chance*, liability, likelihood, long shot*, occasion, odds, opening, opportunity, outlook, prospect, scope, shot*, show, squeak, time, wager, indications, look-in |
| Antonyms: | assurance, certainty, design, law, plan, scheme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expediency/expedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriateness; worth |
| Synonyms: | advantage, advisability, benefit, convenience, effectiveness, efficiency, fitness, helpfulness, opportunism, opportunity, order, policy, practicality, propriety, prudence, suitability, usefulness, utility, advantageousness, appositeness, aptness, desirability, judiciousness, meetness, pragmatism, profitability, profitableness, properness, propitiousness, rightness, utilitarianism |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, inappropriateness |
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | independence, license to do as one wants |
| Synonyms: | abandon, ability, bent, carte blanche, compass, discretion, exemption, facility, flexibility, free rein*, immunity, indulgence, latitude, laxity, leeway, liberty, margin, opportunity, play, power, prerogative, privilege, range, rein, right, rope*, scope, sweep, swing, abandonment, elbowroom*, full play, full swing, laissez faire, own accord, plenty of rope, profligacy, rampancy, unrestraint |
| Antonyms: | captivity, confinement, imprisonment, incarceration, limitation, servitude, slavery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good fortune |
| Synonyms: | advantage, blessing, break*, fluke*, godsend*, good luck, happiness, health, karma*, kismet*, lucky break*, occasion, opportunity, profit, prosperity, serendipity, smile*, stroke, success, triumph, victory, wealth, win, windfall, big break, fortunateness, in the cards, luckiness, run of luck, streak of luck, weal |
| Antonyms: | misfortune, bad fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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