chance
Luck favors preparation
Chance refers to the way things happen without apparent cause or design—the unpredictable element in events.
If something happens by chance, it wasn't planned or intended.
A chance is also an opportunity or possibility: Give me a chance to explain.
The adjective describes things occurring without intention: a chance encounter.
To chance something is to risk it: I'll chance the rain and leave my umbrella.
If you chance upon something, you discover it accidentally.
Stake on uncertain outcome
wager · bet · stakes · venture · leap of faith · long shot · speculation · exposure
Chance something will occur
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- possibilityState of being achievable
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
variability · statistics · percentage · expectation · prospect · probability · random · stochastic
Risked stake on outcome
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- diceMarked cubes for chance
- rouletteSpinning wheel wager
poker · blackjack · casino · jackpot · stakes · odds · ante · draw
Wealth or destiny
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- fatePredetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
providence · fluke · accident · windfall · blessing · karma · omen · auspice
Gap or start
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- possibilityState of being achievable
- breakInterrupt continuity
- shotQuick liquor serving
window · moment · turn · time · golden opportunity · doorway · gateway · avenue
Unintended harmful event
- haphazardLacking organization or plan
- arbitraryBased on personal whim
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- unplannedNot arranged beforehand
unexpected · unforeseen · incidental · casual · inadvertent · unintentional
gamble
Stake on uncertain outcome
jeopardy · wager · bet · stakes · venture · leap of faith · long shot · speculation · exposure · uncertainty
likelihood
Chance something will occur
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- possibilityState of being achievable
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
unpredictability · variability · statistics · percentage · expectation · prospect · probability · random · stochastic · aleatory
bet
Risked stake on outcome
roulette · poker · blackjack · casino · jackpot · stakes · odds · ante · draw · slots
fortune
Wealth or destiny
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- fatePredetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
kismet · providence · fluke · accident · windfall · blessing · karma · omen · auspice · portent
opening
Gap or start
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- possibilityState of being achievable
- breakInterrupt continuity
shot · window · moment · turn · time · golden opportunity · doorway · gateway · avenue · pathway
accident
Unintended harmful event
- haphazardLacking organization or plan
- arbitraryBased on personal whim
- spontaneousArising without external cause
unplanned · unexpected · unforeseen · incidental · casual · inadvertent · unintentional
- game mechanicslevels, rules, cooldown, points, health points
- probabilityprobability, random, randomness, odds, luck
- azar y probabilidadsuerte, dado, bingo, tombola, randomness
- chanceluck, lottery, dice, randomness, probability
- fortunelucky, luck, fortune, fate, destiny
- game board spacesstart, finish, go, jail, free parking
chancecertainty
Total absence of doubt
inevitability · surety · assurance · guarantee · foregone conclusion
chanceintention
Planned purpose for acting
design · purpose · deliberate · intentional · plan
chancefate
Predetermined course of events
destiny · necessity · determinism · law · providence
- no chanceEmphatic refusal of possibility
- last chanceUltimate remaining opportunity
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
- by chanceOccurring without design
- take a chanceAccept risk willingly
- not a chanceEmphatic refusal of possibility
chances, chancy, chanced, chancing, chanciest, chancier, chancellery, chancellorship, chance upon