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21accident — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mishap, injury, casualty; chance, fortuity. See adversity, occurrence. Ant., plan, design. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An unexpected misfortune] Syn. mishap, mischance, setback, collision; see collision 1 …
22fluke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stroke of luck, accident; [lucky] break. See chance. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. stroke of luck, good fortune, windfall, *one in a million, *lucky strike, break, fortuity, godsend, serendipity,… …
23fortune — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fate, lot, destiny; chance, luck; wealth, possessions, property; money. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Chance] Syn. luck, fate, lot; see chance 1 , destiny 1 . 2. [Great riches] Syn. wealth, prosperity,… …
24hazard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. danger, chance, risk, peril, gamble; accident, adventure, contingency. v. risk, venture, gamble. See rashness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Danger] Syn. risk, peril, jeopardy; see danger . 2. [Luck] Syn.… …
25luck — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. chance, [good] fortune. See prosperity, destiny. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Good fortune] Syn. good luck, prosperity, weal, wealth, favorable issue, fluke, master stroke, run of luck, piece of luck,… …
26serendipity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. happy chance, good luck; discovery, fortuity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [SER un DIP uh tee] accidental good fortune. We located the treasure by pure serendipity. SYN.: good… …
27hap — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun 1. The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as the cause of such events: chance, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, hazard, luck. See CERTAIN. 2. An unexpected random …
28chance — I. n. 1. Accident, hap, fortuity, fortune, luck. 2. Possibility, contingency. 3. Opportunity, occasion, opening. 4. Uncertainty, contingency, fortuity. 5. Fortuitous event, piece of luck, stroke of good luck. 6. Risk, hazard, peril, jeopardy. II …
29chance event — noun anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause winning the lottery was a happy accident the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck it was due to an accident or fortuity • Syn: ↑accident, ↑stroke, ↑fortuity • …
30haphazardry — rē noun ( es) : haphazard character or order : chanciness, fortuity the good things in his work always have an air of haphazardry Manchester Guardian Weekly whose forebears had known only the haphazardry of idol and fetish worship Galbraith Welch …
