Synonyms for CIRCUMSTANCES
cir·cum·stances

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1. fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portionnoun

   your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

   "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, fortune, fate, peck, mint, band, plenty, lot, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, portion, parcel, dowry, spate, muckle, mass, constituent, pile, share, good deal, stack, chance, luck, destiny, deal, serving, dowery, dower, percentage, caboodle, hazard, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, component, slew, heap, mess, part, bunch, sight, circumstances, mountain, draw, helping, component part, set, great deal, pot, circle

2. circumstancesnoun

   a person's financial situation (good or bad)

   "he found himself in straitened circumstances"

   Synonyms:
   luck, portion, fortune, destiny, fate, lot

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1. • Condition
   • Possession

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1. circumstancesnoun

   Synonyms:
   situation, condition, position, state of affairs, pecuniary standing

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1. List of paraphrases for "circumstances":

   conditions, situations, cases, situation, circumstance, case, instances, contexts, facts

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1. Denver Post -RRB- Frisch:

   My concession remains sincere but has no legal implications — under no circumstances did I want it to stop (which it legally cannot) this recount of votes, if, by some slight of chance, there is a big enough vote to put us in the lead after the recount, we would be certified the winner and sworn into congress on January 3rd. But the reality is we do not expect the results of this election to change with the recount.

2. Alexander Hamilton:

   The system is the best that the present views and circumstances of the country will permit.

3. Craig Erlam:

   Under the circumstances, it's hard to argue that the ECB's programme isn't causing waves in the markets.

4. Richard Stein:

   What's unusual is that, normally, these decisions are signed, sealed and delivered before Christmas, but circumstances have changed at a number of firms this year, if this was a movie, it would be 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'—there was a death that was totally unexpected.

5. Novak Djokovic:

   In my case, I feel like things are just kind of piling on, adding on somehow for one reason or another, it’s not an ideal situation or circumstances to be in when you have to kind of deal with all these other outside factors that are not really necessary during such an important event. Djokovic celebrates during his quarterfinal against Andrey Rublev at the Australian Open. Dita Alangkara/AP.