Synonyms for accidental
ˌæk sɪˈdɛn tlac·ci·den·tal

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1. accidentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   fortuitous, adventitious, incidental, contingent, casual, occasional

2. accidentaladjective

   Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous

   an accidental visit

   Synonyms:
   incidental, casual, fortuitous, adventitious, occasional, contingent

3. accidentaladjective

   Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental

   are accidental to a play

   Synonyms:
   contingent, adventitious, fortuitous, incidental, casual, occasional

4. accidentaladjective

   Foreign to the key signature or a proper harmony.

   Synonyms:
   incidental, occasional, adventitious, contingent, fortuitous, casual

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1. accidental

   Synonyms:
   casual, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnected

   Antonyms:
   congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective

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1. accidentaladjective

   a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature

   Antonyms:
   intended

2. accidental, inadvertentadjective

   happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

   "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"

   Synonyms:
   inadvertent

   Antonyms:
   intended

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1. accidentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   casual, fortuitous, contingent, that happens by chance, not designed, not planned

2. accidentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   incidental, adventitious, non-essential

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1. accidentaladjective

   Synonyms:
   casual, fortuitous, incidental, nonessential, adventitious

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1. List of paraphrases for "accidental":

   adventitious, inadvertent, incidental, unintentional, unintended, accident, non-fundamental, fortuitous, occasional, accidents, random, coincidental, casual, involuntary, spin-off

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1. Robin Dreeke:

   Where does this or that person hang out? Do they play golf, for example? Once they identify who exactly they need, what kind of access, they figure out that person's patterns of behavior … they would show up, like, on a tennis court if you are playing tennis. And they would strike a conversation with you and try to be your friend. And you have no idea that you've been targeted because it all looks so innocuous and accidental.

2. Saturday Review:

   Penicillin was indeed the product of accidental discovery, but the discovery was made, and the knowledge developed, because certain scientists had definite goals in mind. "Chance," Pastuer wrote, "favors only the prepared mind." The mind must be prepared not only by scientific training and technological know-how, but also by the awareness of social needs.

3. Rick Kuhnla:

   It’s a small step, but it is a victory for us, we’re hoping this puts pressure on the police department to make an arrest, as their own court system rejected their claim that her death was accidental.

4. Leo Rosten:

   Humor is, I think, the sublets and chanciest of literary forms. It is surely not accidental that there are a thousand novelists, essayists, poets or journalists for each humorist. It is a long, long time between James Thurbers

5. Hishammuddin Hussein:

   My concern is unintended, accidental, unintentional incidents on the high seas, especially between two major powers that at the end of the day will end up affecting smaller nations like Malaysia.