chanciness
Quality of randomness
Chanciness is the quality of being chancy—risky, uncertain, or dependent on luck.
The word describes situations where outcomes are unpredictable: Given the chanciness of the weather, we packed for everything.
It emphasizes the element of gamble or hazard in any undertaking.
Stake on uncertain outcome
- perilSerious threat of harm
- jeopardyRisk of harm
- dangerExposure to harm
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
exposure · precariousness · liability · speculation · venture · stakes · endangerment · betting
Wealth or destiny
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
accident · fate · kismet · destiny · providence · fortuity · aleatory · hit-or-miss
State resisting forecasts
- indeterminacyLack of fixed outcome
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- vaguenessAbsence of precision
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
doubt · insecurity · instability · fluctuation · variability · indefiniteness · obscurity · conjecture
Lacking regularity or consistency
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- fluctuatingShifting irregularly over time
- sporadicOccurring irregularly, infrequently
fickle · unstable · changeable · mercurial · whimsical · temperamental · variable · unsteady
gamble
Stake on uncertain outcome
vulnerability · exposure · precariousness · liability · speculation · venture · stakes · endangerment · betting · wager
fortune
Wealth or destiny
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
lottery · accident · fate · kismet · destiny · providence · fortuity · aleatory · hit-or-miss · crapshoot
unpredictability
State resisting forecasts
- indeterminacyLack of fixed outcome
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- vaguenessAbsence of precision
tentativeness · doubt · insecurity · instability · fluctuation · variability · indefiniteness · obscurity · conjecture · speculation
erratic
Lacking regularity or consistency
- capriciousSubject to sudden changes
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- fluctuatingShifting irregularly over time
sporadic · fickle · unstable · changeable · mercurial · whimsical · temperamental · variable · unsteady · irregular
chancinesscertainty
Total absence of doubt
predictability · sureness · inevitability · reliability · assuredness
chancinessdeliberateness
Careful intention in action
intentionality · calculation · artfulness · skillfulness · planning
chance, chances, uncertainty, chancy, happenstance, randomness, riskiness, mischance, perchance