Synonyms for opportunity
ˌɒp ərˈtu nɪ ti, -ˈtyu-op·por·tu·ni·ty

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1. opportunity

   Synonyms:
   occasion, turn, opening, convenience

   Antonyms:
   inopportuneness, unseasonableness, lapse, omission, contretemps

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1. opportunity, chancenoun

   a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

   "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"

   Synonyms:
   luck, fortune, prospect, chance, probability, hazard

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1. • Possibility

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1. opportunitynoun

   Synonyms:
   chance; fit, suitable, or favorable time; good chance, fitting occasion, nick of time

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1. List of paraphrases for "opportunity":

   chance, occasion, possibility, opportunities, luck, chances, timeliness, option, advisability, desirability, possibilities, potential, 'occasion, appropriateness, ability, time, likelihood, feasibility, prospect, connection

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1. Director Catherine Tanna:

   We have an opportunity now to reset our relationships and recommit to working toward a clear, stable and long-term energy policy.

2. Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib:

   It turns out we had a lot of manufacturing capabilities in the Czech Republic. The Czech underestimated the opportunity to solve the issue using internal capacities and preferred deliveries through China.

3. Benjamin Crump:

   We can find these criminals who committed this heinous act, this can be an opportunity.

4. Oprah Winfrey:

   There has never been a moment quite like this one, we have this unique opportunity to rise to our best selves in how we use, and choose to use, both our technology and our humanity.

5. Prosecutor Creighton Waters:

   After an exhaustive investigation, there is only one person who had the motive, who had the means, who had the opportunity to commit these crimes, and also whose guilty conduct after these crimes betrays him, this defendant is the one person who was living a lie, the defendant is the person on which a storm was descending, and the defendant was a person where his own storm would actually mean consequences for Maggie and Paul and consequences for those who trusted him.