happenchance
Unplanned fortunate occurrence
Happenchance is a blend of "happen" and "chance," meaning a coincidental occurrence or lucky accident.
It's a playful, somewhat redundant formation—chance already implies randomness—but the doubling emphasizes fortune's role: By sheer happenchance, we ended up on the same flight.
The standard term is happenstance.
Unplanned matching of events
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- fatePredetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
destiny · providence · fortuitous · synchronicity · blessing · boon · auspicious · propitious
Not anticipated beforehand
- unforeseenNot predicted or expected
- unanticipatedNot predicted beforehand
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
twist · anomaly · quirk · oddity · startling · bewilderment · amazement · out of the blue
Quantified chance of occurrence
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- arbitraryBased on personal whim
- stochasticRandomly determined, statistically describable
aleatory · indeterminate · unplanned · spontaneous · erratic · aimless · scattershot · incidental
coincidence
Unplanned matching of events
kismet · destiny · providence · fortuitous · synchronicity · blessing · boon · auspicious · propitious · favorable
unexpected
Not anticipated beforehand
- unforeseenNot predicted or expected
- unanticipatedNot predicted beforehand
- astonishmentIntense sudden wonder
shock · twist · anomaly · quirk · oddity · startling · bewilderment · amazement · out of the blue · bolt from the blue
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- arbitraryBased on personal whim
stochastic · aleatory · indeterminate · unplanned · spontaneous · erratic · aimless · scattershot · incidental · unintentional
happenchancedeliberation
Careful weighing of choices
intention · design · premeditation · purposefulness · intentionality
happenchancecertainty
Total absence of doubt
inevitability · predictability · expectedness · foregone conclusion · sure thing
chance, happen, happening, chances, haphazard, happened, happenings, happenstance