I. noun
1.
Synonyms: accident 1, fortuity, hap, luck
Contrasted words: certainty, inevitability, necessity; destiny, fate, foreordination, predestination
Antonyms: law
2.
an unpurposed, unpredictable, and uncontrollable master force
the folly of depending on chance for success in life
Synonyms: fortune, hazard, luck
Related Word: advantage, break, fluke; fate, lot; contingency
3.
Synonyms: opportunity , break, look-in, occasion, opening, shot, show, squeak, time
Related Word: likelihood, possibility, probability; outlook, prospect
II. verb
1.
Synonyms: happen 1, befall, betide, break, come off, fall out, go, hap, occur, transpire
2.
Synonyms: happen 2, bump, hit, light, luck, meet, stumble, tumble
3.
Synonyms: gamble 2, hazard, risk, venture
4.
Synonyms: venture 1, adventure, hazard, risk, wager
Idioms: put at ( or in) hazard
Contrasted words: cherish, protect, safeguard, secure
III. adjective
Synonyms: accidental , casual, contingent, fluky, fortuitous, incidental, odd
Related Word: careless, heedless, offhand