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Antonyms for incident
ˈɪn sɪ dəntin·ci·dent

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 4 votes

  1. incident

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

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

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. incidentnoun

    a single distinct event

  2. incidentadjective

    a public disturbance

    "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"

  3. incidentadjective

    falling or striking of light rays on something

    "incident light"

    Synonyms:
    incidental

  4. incidental, incidentadjective

    (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence

    "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change"

    Synonyms:
    accompanying, ensuant, sequent, consequent, resultant, attendant, nonessential, incidental, concomitant

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. incidentnoun

    Synonyms:
    event, happening, episode, occurrence

How to use incident in a sentence?

  1. Anne Dunsmore:

    I think prior to that and even during the French Laundry (incident), his staff reportedly was sitting there saying, ‘Don’t worry about it,’ and he was thinking, ‘I need to work about it,’ i think his very obvious default is to go to political messaging rather than policy planning. And this is he started to have problems because it has created inconsistent decisions, and hypocritical decisions, and very transparently poor decisions.

  2. Dorian Fuhrman:

    Weknew that our sons were doing it and their friends were doing it and it was becoming widespread, but after this incident, we really couldnt sit by.

  3. Rhonita Miller:

    We pray, Father, that good will come out of this terrible incident, that the way may be opened up for this country to find justice for those that don't have a voice.

  4. Flydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith:

    We will have information about the circumstances of the incident and the black box in the future, and an investigation is being conducted in cooperation with the Russian authorities and we are waiting to see the results.

  5. Tadataka Unno:

    This incident made me feel deeply the issues of the social standing of Asians, and the marginalization we experience.

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#1258purpose
#2886provision
#3055preparation
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#4926incident
#6372calculation
#7107ordinance
#7295intention
#7888fate
#9308necessity
#13053decree
#14578certainty

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