INCIDENCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for INCIDENCE?

Need another word that means the same as “incidence”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “incidence” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Incidence” are: relative incidence, occurrence, prevalence, commonness

Incidence as a Noun

Definitions of "Incidence" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “incidence” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The striking of a light beam on a surface.
• The relative frequency of occurrence of something.
• The way in which the burden of a tax falls upon the population.
• The occurrence, rate, or frequency of a disease, crime, or other undesirable thing.
• The intersection of a line, or something moving in a straight line, such as a beam of light, with a surface.

Synonyms of "Incidence" as a noun (4 Words)

commonness	The state of being that is commonly observed.
occurrence	The fact or frequency of something happening. A disease of frequent occurrence.
prevalence	The quality of prevailing generally; being widespread. He was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future.
relative incidence	A person related by blood or marriage.

Usage Examples of "Incidence" as a noun

• The point of incidence of the beam.
• The entire incidence falls on the workers.
• He measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light.
• An increased incidence of cancer.

Associations of "Incidence" (30 Words)

accidental	Happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly. The damage might have been accidental.
accidentally	Without advance planning. His gun went off accidentally.
casually	Not methodically or according to plan. The family was casually dressed in jeans and jumpers.
coincidence	An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental. He waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs.
contemporaneous	Occurring in the same period of time. Pythagoras was contemporaneous with Buddha.
episode	A section between two choric songs in Greek tragedy. This change is followed by an episode in this new key.
event	A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. He repeated the success in the four lap 600 cc event.
frequency	The number of observations in a given statistical category. A coding sequence to ensure that everyone changes frequency in the correct manner.
happen	Happen occur or be the case in the course of events or by chance. I don t care what happens to the money.
happening	A partly improvised or spontaneous piece of theatrical or other artistic performance, typically involving audience participation. Altogether it was an eerie happening.
inadvertently	Without knowledge or intention. His name had been inadvertently omitted from the list.
incident	Liable to happen because of; resulting from. One person was stabbed in the incident.
intermittently	At irregular intervals; not continuously or steadily. He has worked intermittently in a variety of jobs.
malfunction	Fail to function or function improperly. The unit is clearly malfunctioning.
materialize	Become actual fact; happen. He plays a teenager whose make believe friend materializes.
occasion	Give occasion to. His death occasioned her much grief.
occur	Happen; take place. It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary.
occurrence	The fact of something existing or being found in a place or under a particular set of conditions. Vandalism used to be a rare occurrence.
outcome	A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon. It is the outcome of the vote that counts.
output	A place where power or information leaves a system. Efficiency can lead to higher outputs.
pentathlon	An athletic event comprising five different events for each competitor in particular also modern pentathlon an event involving fencing shooting swimming riding and cross country running.
phenomenon	A fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question. The band was a pop phenomenon just for their sales figures alone.
postdate	Establish something as being later relative to something else.
recur	(of a thought, image, or memory) come back to one’s mind. This is a recurring story.
series	Several contests played successively by the same teams. The voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors.
simultaneously	At the same instant. They spoke simultaneously.
traumatic	Psychologically painful. She was going through a traumatic divorce.
unexpected	Not expected or anticipated. He seemed to have a knack for saying the unexpected.
unforeseen	Not anticipated. Unforeseen circumstances.
unintentionally	Not on purpose. Unintentionally rude song lyrics.