Synonyms for event
ɪˈvɛntevent

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. event

   Etymologically, the incident is that which falls in, the event that which comes out; event is thus greater and more signal than incident; we speak of trifling incidents, great events; incidents of daily life, events of history. Circumstance agrees with incident in denoting a matter of relatively slight importance, but implies a more direct connection with the principal matter; "circumstantial evidence" is evidence from seemingly minor matters directly connected with a case; "incidental evidence" would be some evidence that happened unexpectedly to touch it. An occurrence is, etymologically, that which we run against, without thought of its origin, connection or tendency. An episode is connected with the main course of events, like an incident or circumstance, but is of more independent interest and importance. Outcome is the Saxon, and event the Latin for expressing the same original idea. Consequence or result would express more of logical connection, and be more comprehensive. The end may be simple cessation; the event is what has been accomplished; the event of a war is victory or defeat; the end of the war is reached when a treaty of peace is signed. Since the future is contingent, event comes to have the meaning of a contingency; as, in the event of his death, the policy will at once fall due. Compare CIRCUMSTANCE; CONSEQUENCE; END.

   Synonyms:
   case, chance, circumstance, consequence, contingency, end, end, episode, fact, fortune, incident, issue, occurrence, outcome, possibility, result, sequel

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. event

   Synonyms:
   occurrence, circumstance, episode, adventure, issue, accident, result, fact, incident

   Antonyms:
   cause, antecedent, operation, inducement, contribution, convergence, predisposition, tendency

Princeton's WordNet(1.57 / 7 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. eventnoun

   something that happens at a given place and time

   Synonyms:
   case, result, upshot, issue, consequence, outcome, effect

2. event, casenoun

   a special set of circumstances

   "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"

   Synonyms:
   type, font, instance, pillow slip, case, eccentric, pillowcase, guinea pig, fount, consequence, casing, character, upshot, subject, effect, sheath, cause, causa, example, result, slip, compositor's case, caseful, grammatical case, face, showcase, outcome, vitrine, issue, display case, typeface, typesetter's case, lawsuit, suit, shell

3. eventnoun

   a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory

   Synonyms:
   case, result, upshot, issue, consequence, outcome, effect

4. consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshotnoun

   a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

   "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"

   Synonyms:
   aftermath, progeny, resolution, issuing, case, government issue, military issue, return, takings, burden, resultant, payoff, consequence, core, take, publication, answer, impression, resultant role, upshot, subject, effect, topic, solvent, offspring, egress, gist, outlet, termination, exit, number, essence, yield, moment, emergence, outcome, way out, proceeds, issue, force, solution, final result, import, matter, result, issuance

Matched Categories

1. • Circumstance
   • Physical Phenomenon
   • Relativity Theory

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. eventnoun

   Synonyms:
   incident, accident, occurrence, adventure, affair

2. eventnoun

   Synonyms:
   result, issue, consequence, end, conclusion, termination

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. eventnoun

   Synonyms:
   occurrence, affair, incident, happening, consequence, result, outcome

PPDB, the paraphrase database(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "event":

   case, events, cases, manifestation, incident, ceremony, activity, occurrence, demonstration, meeting, eventuality, occasion, activities, episode, cas, incidents, act, instance

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How to use event in a sentence?

1. Anthony Picente Jr.:

   I'd say it was a 99 percent chance that it doesn't happen at Vernon Downs, they are asking us to put together an event that really needs a year of planning in six weeks, and that's unreasonable.

2. Stephen Jay Gould:

   “If evolution almost always occurs by rapid speciation in small, peripheral isolates, then what should the fossil record look like? We are not likely to detect the event of speciation itself. It happens too fast, in too small a group, isolated too far from the ancestral range ...

3. H.W. Mann:

   Salvation, enlightenment, transcendence, is not a destination. Nor an event in the future. The answer is within us right now. To be fully spiritually awake while in human form. To live not in, but through this body – mind. To help others do the same. This is salvation. This is Heaven on Earth

4. Sheriff Gavin Roselles:

   There was an earlier contact with the bear prior to the event, the bear basically came back into the campsite. It wandered into a campsite a couple different times.

5. Bryson DeChambeau:

   I want to win Augusta, all the majors, have the career Grand Slam and continue to win events, i've won Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus' event, and that's pretty cool. I want to eventually win [Tiger Woods' Genesis Invitational], and have all three of those. That'd be cool.