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happenstance

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of happenstance

formal + literary something that happens by chance

Our meeting was pure happenstance.

We met each other by happenstance.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of happenstance

affair, circumstance, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, occasion, occurrence, thing

coincidence, co-occurrence, fluke, freak

landmark, milepost, milestone, page, phenomenon, turning point

adventure, experience, time

accident, crisis, emergency, juncture

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