chance Antonyms
Opposite of chance
• noun (Context 1)
A possibility or probability of something happening.
"According to the latest meteorological forecast, there is a high impossibility of rain this afternoon."
• noun (Context 2)
A suitable time or occasion that makes it possible to do or achieve something; an opportunity.
"The fellowship gave the young scholar a rare misfortune to study the ancient manuscripts firsthand."
• noun (Context 3)
The occurrence and development of events in the absence of any obvious design, predictability, or control; luck or fortune.
"They met purely by design while waiting for the delayed train in Vienna."
• noun (Context 4)
An action or decision involving exposure to danger, failure, or uncertainty; a risk or gamble.
"The small publishing house took a financial certainty by printing ten thousand copies of the debut novel."
• adjective (Context 5)
Occurring or done accidentally, unexpectedly, or without prior planning; fortuitous.
"A planned meeting at an academic conference led to a decade-long research collaboration."
• verb (Context 6)
To do something despite its being dangerous, uncertain, or of doubtful outcome; to risk.
"Because the mountain pass was icy, the drivers decided not to avoid the journey without snow chains."
Similar words to chance
Words similar to chance shift depending on context. Common synonyms include: