HAPPENINGS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

happenings

noun

plural of happening

as in experiences

an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand the President's visit to the school was a real happening for teachers and students alike

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as in events

something that happens gave a detailed account of all the happenings of the weekend

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Recent Examples of happenings By the late 1960s, Kusama had also turned herself into material, staging happenings, body-painting events, naked demonstrations, and antiwar actions. — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026 These strange happenings take the form of a markedly different, often more exciting movie that doesn’t actually cross paths with the mother-daughter drama until quite late into the 92-minute runtime. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026 The production centers on a voodoo queen and the mysterious happenings in a cemetery. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Here’s a rundown of spring and summer happenings in KU’s basketball office the past five months in recognition of Monday’s official start of the 2026-27 school year. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026 Subscribe here and stay up to date on the happenings in Washington and politics across the states with our daily politics newsletter. — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 That understanding for the narrator is one tinged with mourning for the boy who endured but also the suspect boy who was always there, even before all the unfortunate happenings. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026 This is just one of many cultural happenings our critics have highlighted in our fall season preview. — Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026 In director Ben Wheatley's film, Odenkirk plays a substitute sheriff who arrives in a wintery Minnesota town full of strange happenings, including the recent death of the previous sheriff. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Panel also impressed by NASA’s leadership Toward the end of the safety panel’s meeting on Monday, a few members made some striking comments about their experiences working with NASA this year.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
The VICs are also invited to the Paris presentations, which are full-day experiences featuring canapés, cocktails and cookies inside major cultural institutions.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of experiences

Noun

With household budgets under pressure, consumers are searching harder for value — shopping earlier, comparing prices across retailers and spreading purchases across multiple promotional events.

— Jill Standish, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Signs quickly piled up at his roadside memorial blaming Bustillos for the chain of events and telling other drivers to slow down.

— Jacob Sisneros, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of events

Noun

Tucked away near Lucille Ball’s former dressing room, nestled between soundstages on the Paramount lot is the office where John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein cook up many of their big-screen adventures.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026
From hiking adventures to international trips, these women are embracing independent travel and finding unexpected freedom along the way.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of adventures

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The International Press Institute, a nonprofit that aims to protect media freedom, recorded 26 incidents of attacks and threats in the five months to March.

— Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The Washington Post and other news outlets have recently reported on incidents of individual police officers misusing information collected by license plate readers for personal reasons, such as tracking the movements of former romantic partners.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of incidents

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Goodness knows what happened there and what circumstances compelled him to write that Instagram post, but his future at Spurs now looks untenable.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
While the factual circumstances differ, there are notable parallels between social-media apps and sports-betting apps.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of circumstances

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As dark occurrences begin to shatter the quiet of their isolated home, the boy is forced to navigate a harrowing psychological nightmare where the line between real-world madness and supernatural terror blurs.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
The occurrences have involved United, American and Southwest aircraft that were landing, taking off or preparing for departure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026