Synonyms for casualty
Most common
emergency trauma centre emergency department accident disaster
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Emergency — clipping of casualty department, the accident and emergency department of a hospital providing immediate…
emergency, accident and emergency UK NZ, trauma centre, emergency department, emergency room US CA, emerg slang CA
2. Accident
accident, disaster, calamity, contingency, catastrophe, misfortune, hazard, adventure, fortuity, chance, luck, fortune, mischance, mishap, misadventure, hap dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
- n. 2
A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
Related words
- Word family
- casual
- Phrases
- casualty department casualty notification
Forms
- Plural
- casualties → emergencies, accidents, disasters, calamities…
Example sentences
- emergency What number should I call in case of an emergency?
- accident The accident was due to the driver's carelessness.
- disaster We will first ascertain the cause of the disaster.
By length
- 3 letters
- hap1
- 4 letters
- luck1
- 5 letters
- death1, emerg
- 6 letters
- chance1, hazard2, mishap2
- 7 letters
- fortune2
- 8 letters
- accident3, disaster3, calamity4, fortuity
- 9 letters
- emergency4, adventure3, mischance
- 10 letters
- misfortune3
- 11 letters
- catastrophe4, contingency4
- 12 letters
- misadventure4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hazard2 = 2 syllables).