happenstances
Random events unfolding
Happenstances are events that occur by chance rather than by design or intention.
The word combines "happen" with "circumstance" to emphasize the accidental nature of how things come together.
Through a series of happenstances, we ended up living next door to my childhood best friend.
The singular happenstance appears more often, but the plural works when describing multiple coincidental events.
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- fortuneWealth or destiny
predestination · lot · doom · stars · cosmic · ordained · written · meant to be
Lack of predictable pattern
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
contingency · unpredictability · uncertainty · odds · probability · risk · variance · fortuity
Act of finding something
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- boonHelpful benefit received
breakthrough · eureka · unexpected · happy accident · stroke of luck · pleasant surprise · godsend · gift
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- providenceDivine protective care
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
fortune · predestination · lot · doom · stars · cosmic · ordained · written · meant to be · inevitable
randomness
Lack of predictable pattern
coincidence · contingency · unpredictability · uncertainty · odds · probability · risk · variance · fortuity · circumstance
discovery
Act of finding something
boon · breakthrough · eureka · unexpected · happy accident · stroke of luck · pleasant surprise · godsend · gift · bonus
happenstancesdesigns
Creates or conceives layouts
schemes · machinations · contrivances · stratagems · orchestrations
happenstancescertainties
Assured truths
inevitabilities · foregone conclusions · sure things · guarantees · regularities
happenstancesnecessities
What you cannot lack
destinies · inevitabilities · fates · logical consequences · natural consequences