What is another word for accidental?
Synonyms for accidental
ˌæk sɪˈdɛn tlac·ci·den·tal
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Wiktionary
accidentaladjective
Synonyms:
fortuitous, adventitious, incidental, contingent, casual, occasionalaccidentaladjective
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, contingentaccidentaladjective
Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental
are accidental to a play
Synonyms:
contingent, adventitious, fortuitous, incidental, casual, occasionalaccidentaladjective
Foreign to the key signature or a proper harmony.
Synonyms:
incidental, occasional, adventitious, contingent, fortuitous, casual
English Synonyms and Antonyms
accidental
Synonyms:
casual, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnectedAntonyms:
congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective
Princeton's WordNet
accidentaladjective
a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature
Antonyms:
intendedaccidental, 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:
inadvertentAntonyms:
intended
Dictionary of English Synonymes
accidentaladjective
Synonyms:
casual, fortuitous, contingent, that happens by chance, not designed, not plannedaccidentaladjective
Synonyms:
incidental, adventitious, non-essential
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
accidentaladjective
Synonyms:
casual, fortuitous, incidental, nonessential, adventitious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "accidental":
adventitious, inadvertent, incidental, unintentional, unintended, accident, non-fundamental, fortuitous, occasional, accidents, random, coincidental, casual, involuntary, spin-off
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1642 | external | |
#1866 | random | |
#3865 | accident | |
#4833 | casual | |
#6730 | accidents | |
#7868 | subsidiary | |
#8529 | occasional | |
#8668 | supplemental | |
#11733 | accidental | |
#12548 | transient | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#13621 | incidental | |
#16784 | outward | |
#19703 | superficial | |
#22716 | involuntary | |
#25944 | unintended | |
#31479 | unintentional | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#37914 | superimposed | |
#39916 | inadvertent | |
#44272 | extrinsic | |
#47450 | coincidental | |
#52578 | unconnected | |
#71442 | fortuitous | |
#113054 | adventitious |
How to use accidental in a sentence?
It is completely unacceptable for our people to be either deliberate or accidental targets, or for our streets, our parks and towns to be dumping grounds for poison.
Accidents, try to change them-it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.
The Russians agreed to a [ 34 mile ] ‘ deconfliction zone ’ around the At Tanf garrison to avoid accidental conflict between our forces, and to remain professionally engaged through de-confliction channels. We expect The Russians to abide by this agreement.
The shark is an animal which isn't going to attack a human for no reason. There are attacks, but they're accidental.
As I am certain the Council would agree, it would be inappropriate to extend accidental death benefits where the employee refused to take a vaccine that had been found to be nearly 100 % effective.
Translations for accidental
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- несъществено качество, случаенBulgarian
- accident, accidentalCatalan, Valencian
- nahodilý, náhodnýCzech
- versehentlich, Versehen, Zufall, zufälligGerman
- neatendita, hazardaEsperanto
- imprevisto, accidental, casual, fortuitoSpanish
- sattumanvarainen, sattumaltaFinnish
- accidentelFrench
- מקרית, מקריHebrew
- accidentaleItalian
- 偶然Japanese
- onopzettelijkDutch
- acidente, acidentalPortuguese
- accidentală, accidental, întâmplătorRomanian
- случайныйRussian
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