Synonyms for incident
ˈɪn sɪ dənt

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. incident(noun)

   a single distinct event

2. incident(adj)

   a public disturbance

   "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"

3. incident(adj)

   falling or striking of light rays on something

   "incident light"

   Synonyms:
   incidental

4. incidental, incident(adj)

   (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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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.

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

   Antonyms:
   appointment, calculation, certainty, decree, fate, foreordination, intention, law, necessity, ordainment, ordinance, plan, preparation, provision, purpose

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

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1. incident(a.)

   Synonyms:
   happening, liable to happen

2. incident(a.)

   Synonyms:
   belonging, pertaining, appertaining, relating

3. incident(a.)

   Synonyms:
   (Optics.) falling, impinging

4. incident(n.)

   Synonyms:
   event, occurrence, circumstance

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1. incident(n)

   Synonyms:
   event, happening, episode, occurrence

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1. List of paraphrases for "incident":

   incidents, accident, event, events, episode, occurrence, mishap, crash, case, accidents, matter

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1. Dmitry Peskov:

   We have said this before and we will repeat it again : theories about what happened and the causes of the incident can only be pronounced by the investigation, so far, we have heard nothing( like this) from the investigation. Any kind of similar assumptions like this are based on information that has not been checked or are speculation.

2. Sheriff Mascara:

   Interviews by the deputies and supervisors on scene and a written witness statement completed by the victim do not indicate any racially-motivated comments were made by the suspect prior to, during or after the incident.

3. Wahid Uddin Mahmud:

   He has set a good example by taking the responsibility for this incident.

4. Tiffany Davila:

   ... It can be difficult at times to be socially distant while fighting fire, especially when there can be hundreds, maybe even a thousand firefighters assigned to any incident. But we are working in the safest possible way to make sure our crews remain healthy and our communities and residents remain protected.

5. Richard Ebright:

   The incident involves exactly the same chain of errors.

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