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accidental

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of accidental

1 happening by chance
  • Finding the gold was all the more remarkable because its discovery was entirely accidental.
Synonyms of accidental

casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated, unwitting
Words Related to accidental

coincidental

freak, odd

aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random

uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen

coerced, forced, involuntary

unconscious, unprompted
Near Antonyms of accidental

certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure

conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)
Antonyms of accidental

calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, set
2 not being a vital part of or belonging to something
  • We're considering the painting's merit as a work of art, its commercial value being entirely accidental as far as we're concerned.
Synonyms of accidental

alien, external, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign
Words Related to accidental

exterior, outside

immaterial, inapplicable, insignificant, irrelevant

nonessential, unessential, unnecessary
Near Antonyms of accidental

congenital, deep-seated, inborn, inbred

inside, interior, internal

basic, essential, necessary
Antonyms of accidental

inherent, innate, intrinsic

Synonym Discussion of accidental

accidental, fortuitous, casual, contingent mean not amenable to planning or prediction. accidental stresses chance.
    • any resemblance to actual persons is entirely accidental
fortuitous so strongly suggests chance that it often connotes entire absence of cause.
    • a series of fortuitous events
casual stresses lack of real or apparent premeditation or intent.
    • a casual encounter with a stranger
contingent suggests possibility of happening but stresses uncertainty and dependence on other future events for existence or occurrence.
    • the contingent effects of the proposed law

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