Entry Word: accident

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury <was involved in an accident on her way home from work>

Synonyms casualty, mischance, mishap

Related Words calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, cropper, deathblow, disaster, tragedy; bummer, knock, misadventure, misfortune; collision, crack-up, crash, smashup, wreck

Near Antonyms boon, break, fluke, godsend, miracle, strike, windfall; fortune, luck, serendipity

2 the uncertain course of events <you shouldnʼt leave it to accident to decide where youʼll be lodging in the course of your trip across the country> — see chance 1