Nature

Synonyms for chance

Two senses of chance live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun and adjective · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsNature

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

We ran into each other by pure chance.

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The true synonym

luck

Same sentence, swapped: We ran into each other by pure luck.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for chance as it is used in the sentence above.

prospect
issue
rebirth

Sense 2 of 2adjectiveTier 2, TreelineQualities

occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

A chance occurrence.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

casual

Same sentence, swapped: A casual occurrence.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for chance as it is used in the sentence above.

shot
meet
round

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Closest first: other nature words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

lucknounfortunean unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcomeFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line movementnounmotionan optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving objectFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line powernounelectricityenergy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductorFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line ripnounrentan opening made forcibly as by pulling apartFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line chancyadjectiveiffysubject to accident or chance or changeHigh Camp cliffnoundropa steep high face of rockFoothills changeverbexchangegive to, and receive from, one anotherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line characternounqualitya characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of somethingFoothills

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