coincidences
Unplanned matching events
Coincidences are events that occur together in a way that seems meaningful but lacks any apparent causal connection.
The plural often emphasizes accumulation—one coincidence is unremarkable, but multiple coincidences invite suspicion or wonder: Too many coincidences for my taste.
The coincidences kept piling up until she couldn't ignore them.
Lack of predictable pattern
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- flukeChance stroke of luck
happenstance · fortuity · contingency · odds · uncertainty · random · stochastic · aleatory
Act of finding something
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- providenceDivine protective care
- kismetPreordained future outcome
windfall · blessing · boon · happy accident · fortuitous · auspicious · fortunate · stumbling upon
Not anticipated beforehand
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- quirkPeculiar behavioral trait
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
mystery · surprise · unpredictability · freak occurrence · irregularity · exception · strange · uncanny
Predetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- predestinedDecided in advance
- meant to bePredetermined by fate
fated · ordained · cosmic · supernatural · design · plan · inevitable · written in the stars
Correct relative positioning
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- parallelismMatching structural elements
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
simultaneity · conjunction · intersection · timing · correspondence · mirroring · connection · pattern
randomness
Lack of predictable pattern
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- accidentUnintended harmful event
fluke · happenstance · fortuity · contingency · odds · uncertainty · random · stochastic · aleatory · arbitrary
discovery
Act of finding something
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- providenceDivine protective care
kismet · windfall · blessing · boon · happy accident · fortuitous · auspicious · fortunate · stumbling upon · lucky break
unexpected
Not anticipated beforehand
- anomalyDeparture from the expected
- quirkPeculiar behavioral trait
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
peculiarity · mystery · surprise · unpredictability · freak occurrence · irregularity · exception · strange · uncanny · eerie
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- predestinedDecided in advance
meant to be · fated · ordained · cosmic · supernatural · design · plan · inevitable · written in the stars · divine intervention
alignment
Correct relative positioning
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- convergenceProcess of approaching sameness
- parallelismMatching structural elements
correlation · simultaneity · conjunction · intersection · timing · correspondence · mirroring · connection · pattern · meaningful
- random eventslottery, dice rolls, dice, coin flips, coin toss
- unpredictablessurprises, chance, randomness, uncertainty, unpredictables
- paranormal experiencesghost sighting, haunting, apparition, poltergeist, ESP
- curiositiesoddities, curiosities, rarities, wonders, anomalies
coincidencesdesigns
Creates or conceives layouts
plans · intentions · schemes · machinations · plots
coincidencesinevitabilities
Events that must occur
certainties · necessities · consequences · foregone conclusions · causations
coincidencesclashes
Violent encounters or disagreements
conflicts · misalignments · discordances · divergences · discrepancies