Synonyms for betide
All synonyms
Verb
1. Befall — chiefly in the third person, to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall
befall, happen, come to pass, take place, occur, come about, come, bechance, pass, eventuate, transpire, chance dated, hap formal dated, tide dated, betime dated
Definitions
- v. 1
Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.
Forms
- Past participle
- betid
e.g. betid → befallen, happened, occurred, comen…
Choose the right word
Befall and betide are transitive; happen is intransitive; something befalls or betides a person or happens to him. Betide is especially used for anticipated evil, thought of as waiting and coming at its appointed time; as, wo betide him!
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- eventuate The rain forecast for yesterday didn't eventuate.
By length
- 3 letters
- hap1
- 4 letters
- come1, pass1, tide1
- 5 letters
- occur2
- 6 letters
- chance1, happen2, befall2, betime
- 8 letters
- bechance
- 9 letters
- transpire3, eventuate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (occur2 = 2 syllables).