by chance
Not on purpose
By chance means through accident or luck rather than planning or intention: We met by chance at the airport.
The phrase suggests randomness—something that happened without anyone arranging it.
I discovered the restaurant by chance while wandering the neighborhood.
Chance stroke of luck
- synchronicityMeaningful but uncaused connection
- quirkPeculiar behavioral trait
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
convergence · intersection · crossing paths · same time · simultaneously · concurrence · parallel · alignment
Accidental fortunate discovery
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- godsendUnexpected welcome help
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- boonHelpful benefit received
stroke of luck · lucky break · fortuitous · auspicious · propitious · providential · miracle · golden opportunity
Not done on purpose
- inadvertentDone without intention
- unplannedNot arranged beforehand
- mistakenlyIn an incorrect manner
- unwittinglyWithout awareness or intention
accidentally · oversight · slip · error · blunder · misstep · stumble · fumble
Without logical basis
- haphazardlyWithout order or plan
- randomlyWithout deliberate selection
- indiscriminatelyWithout making distinctions
- unpredictablyWithout foreseeable pattern
lottery · dice · probability · stochastic · aleatory · shuffle · toss-up · hit-or-miss
Unexpected event causing astonishment
- unforeseenNot predicted or expected
- unanticipatedNot predicted beforehand
- suddenOccurring without prior notice
- spontaneousArising without external cause
out of nowhere · without warning · blindsided · caught off guard · startling · shocking · bolt from the blue · unpredicted
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- predestinedDecided in advance
fated · meant to be · written in the stars · cosmic · ordained · preordained · destined · lot
fluke
Chance stroke of luck
- synchronicityMeaningful but uncaused connection
- quirkPeculiar behavioral trait
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
oddity · convergence · intersection · crossing paths · same time · simultaneously · concurrence · parallel · alignment · encounter
serendipity
Accidental fortunate discovery
boon · stroke of luck · lucky break · fortuitous · auspicious · propitious · providential · miracle · golden opportunity · jackpot
unintentional
Not done on purpose
- inadvertentDone without intention
- unplannedNot arranged beforehand
- mistakenlyIn an incorrect manner
unwittingly · accidentally · oversight · slip · error · blunder · misstep · stumble · fumble · bungle
arbitrarily
Without logical basis
- haphazardlyWithout order or plan
- randomlyWithout deliberate selection
- indiscriminatelyWithout making distinctions
unpredictably · lottery · dice · probability · stochastic · aleatory · shuffle · toss-up · hit-or-miss · willy-nilly
surprise
Unexpected event causing astonishment
- unforeseenNot predicted or expected
- unanticipatedNot predicted beforehand
- suddenOccurring without prior notice
spontaneous · out of nowhere · without warning · blindsided · caught off guard · startling · shocking · bolt from the blue · unpredicted · unlooked-for
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
predestined · fated · meant to be · written in the stars · cosmic · ordained · preordained · destined · lot · fortune
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- unintentionallyaccidentally, unintentionally, inadvertently, unwittingly, by accident
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
- by the wayincidentally, aside, apropos, tangentially, parenthetically
by chancedeliberately
Done with intention
intentionally · on purpose · by design · purposely · willfully
by chanceinevitably
Sure to happen
necessarily · predictably · certainly · unfailingly · inexorably
by chanceby design
Done with intent
according to plan · providentially · systematically · methodically · by appointment