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The synonyms of “Coincidence” are: co-occurrence, concurrence, conjunction, happenstance, accident, chance, serendipity, fate, a twist of fate, destiny, fortuity, fortune, providence, freak, hazard, coexistence, simultaneity, simultaneousness, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, concomitance, synchronicity, synchrony, correspondence, agreement, accord, match, fit, consistency, conformity, harmony, compatibility, dovetailing, correlation, parallelism
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “coincidence” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| a twist of fate | A hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair. |
| accident | An unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury. Winning the lottery was a happy accident. |
| accord | An official agreement or treaty. Opposition groups refused to sign the accord. |
| agreement | Harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling. A verbal agreement to sell. |
| chance | A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances. There is a chance of winning the raffle. |
| co-occurrence | An event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another. |
| coexistence | The state or fact of living or existing at the same time or in the same place. A harmonious coexistence between wildlife and livestock. |
| compatibility | A feeling of sympathy and friendship; like-mindedness. He argues for the compatibility of science and religion. |
| concomitance | The doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are each present in both the bread and the wine of the Eucharist. |
| concurrence | A state of cooperation. We want the concurrence of law enforcement. |
| conformity | Compliance with the practices of the Church of England. Conformity to regulations. |
| conjunction | The grammatical relation between linguistic units words or phrases or clauses that are connected by a conjunction. A conjunction of favourable political and economic circumstances. |
| consistency | The quality of achieving a level of performance which does not vary greatly in quality over time. When the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake. |
| contemporaneity | The quality of being current or of the present. |
| contemporaneousness | The quality of being current or of the present. |
| correlation | A statistic representing how closely two variables co vary it can vary from 1 perfect negative correlation through 0 no correlation to 1 perfect positive correlation. Research showed a clear correlation between recession and levels of property crime. |
| correspondence | An attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane. The organization engaged in detailed correspondence with local MPs. |
| destiny | The hidden power believed to control future events; fate. He believed in destiny. |
| dovetailing | A mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises. |
| fate | The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman. Fate decided his course for him. |
| fit | The particular way in which something especially a garment or component fits. A close fit between teachers qualifications and their teaching responsibilities. |
| fortuity | The state of being controlled by chance. It was due to an accident or fortuity. |
| fortune | Luck, especially good luck. He is credited with turning round the company s fortunes. |
| freak | A sudden arbitrary change of mind; a whim. The teacher says the accident was a total freak. |
| happenstance | An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental. An untoward happenstance for Trudy. |
| harmony | The structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords. The piece owes its air of tranquillity largely to the harmony. |
| hazard | A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune. We can form no calculation concerning the laws of hazard. |
| match | The score needed to win a match. He always carries matches to light his pipe. |
| parallelism | Similarity by virtue of corresponding. Massive parallelism gives neural networks a high degree of fault tolerance. |
| providence | The prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources. It was considered a duty to encourage providence. |
| serendipity | The occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. A fortunate stroke of serendipity. |
| simultaneity | Happening or existing or done at the same time. |
| simultaneousness | Happening or existing or done at the same time. |
| synchronicity | The relation that exists when things occur at the same time. Such synchronicity is quite staggering. |
| synchrony | Synchronic treatment or study. The structuralist distinction between synchrony and diachrony. |
| accidental | Happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly. The damage might have been accidental. |
| accidentally | Without intention; in an unintentional manner. His gun went off accidentally. |
| blurt | Say (something) suddenly and without careful consideration. She blurted out the truth. |
| casually | Without commitment or permanence; occasionally or irregularly. I wouldn t introduce my family to people I was casually dating. |
| coincide | Occur at the same time. The members of the College coincide in this opinion. |
| concurrent | (of three or more lines) meeting at or tending towards one point. She was given nine months concurrent for each offence. |
| concurrently | At the same time; simultaneously. Concurrently with the conference an exhibition of things associated with Rutherford was held. |
| contemporaneous | Occurring in the same period of time. A rise in interest rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in inflation. |
| contemporary | Following modern ideas in style or design. The composer Salieri was contemporary with Mozart. |
| encounter | Meet (someone) unexpectedly. He was shot dead in a police encounter. |
| fortuitous | Happening by a lucky chance; fortunate. Profits were enhanced by a fortuitous drop in the cost of raw materials. |
| hap | An accidental happening. What is happening. |
| happen | Happen occur or be the case in the course of events or by chance. I don t care what happens to the money. |
| happenstance | Coincidence. An untoward happenstance for Trudy. |
| inadvertently | Without intention; accidentally. His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list. |
| incidental | An incidental expense event etc. Extra duties incidental to the job. |
| incidentally | In an incidental manner; as a chance occurrence. The infection was discovered only incidentally at post mortem examination. |
| occur | (of a thought or idea) come into the mind of. Sexism occurs in many workplaces. |
| simultaneous | Occurring or operating at the same time. Simultaneous translation. |
| simultaneously | At the same instant. It works simultaneously as character study teen drama and sci fi thriller. |
| synchronism | The relation that exists when things occur at the same time. |
| unconsciously | Without realizing or being aware of one’s actions. Ben smiled unconsciously when he heard her voice. |
| unessential | Not absolutely necessary; inessential. A train has broken down resulting in a call to postpone all unessential travel. |
| unexpected | Not expected or anticipated. Unexpected guests. |
| unintended | Not deliberate. The unintended consequences of people s actions. |
| unintentionally | Not on purpose. She hit him unintentionally. |
| unknowingly | Without being aware of something; unintentionally. The Minister perhaps unknowingly misled Parliament. |
| unwitting | Not done with purpose or intent. His rudeness was unwitting. |
| unwittingly | Without being aware; unintentionally. He unwittingly deleted the references. |
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