Synonyms for by accident
- adjective
- adverb
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Accidental; as the result of some unforeseen happening or series of events; unexpected; resulting from an event without the foresight, expectation, aid, or design of the person by whose agency it was caused; unintentional.
The victim's death was by accident.
- adv. 1
Accidentally; unintentionally; without meaning to; as the result of an event not expected, aided, or willingly planned.
Sorry. I knocked over the vase by accident.
Example sentences
- incidental His criticism only referred to incidental matters.
- unintended This had some unintended consequences for Algeria.
- fortuitous How fortuitous that you were there on the same night!
By length
- 9 letters
- causeless
- 10 letters
- incidental4, unintended4, fortuitous4
- 12 letters
- accidentally5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (incidental4 = 4 syllables).