Antonyms for accident
ˈæk sɪ dəntac·ci·dent

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1. accidentnoun

   Synonyms:
   befalling, chance, contingency, casualty, mishap

2. accidentnoun

   Synonyms:
   casus

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1. accident

   An accident is that which happens without any one's direct intention; a chance that which happens without any known cause. If the direct cause of a railroad accident is known, we can not call it a chance. To the theist there is, in strictness, no chance, all things being by divine causation and control; but chance is spoken of where no special cause is manifest: "By chance there came down a certain priest that way," Luke x, 31. We can speak of a game of chance, but not of a game of accident. An incident is viewed as occurring in the regular course of things, but subordinate to the main purpose, or aside from the main design. Fortune is the result of inscrutable controlling forces. Fortune and chance are nearly equivalent, but chance can be used of human effort and endeavor as fortune can not be; we say "he has a chance of success," or "there is one chance in a thousand," where we could not substitute fortune; as personified, Fortune is regarded as having a fitful purpose, Chance as purposeless; we speak of fickle Fortune, blind Chance; "Fortune favors the brave." The slaughter of men is an incident of battle; unexpected defeat, the fortune of war. Since the unintended is often the undesirable, accident tends to signify some calamity or disaster, unless the contrary is expressed, as when we say a fortunate or happy accident. An adventure is that which may turn out ill, a misadventure that which does turn out ill. A slight disturbing accident is a mishap. Compare EVENT; HAZARD.

   Antonyms:
   appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purpose

   Synonyms:
   adventure, calamity, casualty, chance, contingency, disaster, fortuity, hap, happening, hazard, incident, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, possibility

   Preposition:
   The accident of birth; an accident to the machinery.

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1. accident

   Antonyms:
   law, purpose, appointment, ordainment, provision, preparation

   Synonyms:
   chance, fortuity, disaster, incident, adventure, casualty, hazard, contingency, calamity, misadventure, mishap

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1. • Mishap

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1. accidentnoun

   an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

   Synonyms:
   chance event, fortuity, stroke

2. accident, stroke, fortuity, chance eventnoun

   anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

   "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"

   Synonyms:
   stroking, solidus, slash, apoplexy, shot, cam stroke, separatrix, virgule, diagonal, cerebrovascular accident, chance event, fortuity, throw, stroke

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1. accidentnoun

   Synonyms:
   casualty, mishap, contretemps, mischance, contingency

How to use accident in a sentence?

1. Atlanta Braves:

   There was an accident during tonight's game involving a fan.

2. The Swede:

   It was obviously a huge accident.

3. Ryan Woodruff:

   She changed my life and helped me discover my passion for dog training, she lost her life in a terrible accident and I continue to do the work I do in honor of her and what she taught me.

4. Brandi Hephner LaBanc:

   The circumstances of the accident, coming on the eve of Commencement, make it even more heartrending. We offer our prayers for Robert Byrd, Robert Byrd extended family and their friends and will do everything we can to offer support and comfort during this time.

5. Julian Castro:

   Its no accident that, just a few weeks after he announced his 2020 reelection bid, therehe was indulging and entertaining this Send her back chant, and hes spoken about immigrants as being invaders.

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