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Synonyms for circumstance

  • noun

Most common

accident occurrence situation particular consideration

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Context

context, setting

2. Occurrence — an event; a fact; a particular incident, occurrence, or condition (status)

event, fact, thing, occurrence, accident, incident, go slang dated

3. Situation

situation, position, posture, predicament

Other

particular, consideration, point, detail, item, feature, specialty US AU CA, speciality UK

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An event; a fact; a particular incident, occurrence, or condition (status).

  2. n. 2

    Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.

    A victim of circumstance.

  3. n. 3

    Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

    She was born into comfortable circumstances.

Related words

Word family
circumstantial circumspection
Phrases
extenuating circumstance aggravating circumstance under no circumstance attenuating circumstance mitigating circumstance

Forms

Plural
circumstances → contexts, settings, events, facts…

Choose the right word

Circumstance, Episode, Events or Incident?

An episode is connected with the main course of events, like an incident or circumstance, but is of more independent interest and importance.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • accident The accident was due to the driver's carelessness.
  • occurrence The occurrence of homicides has decreased recently.
  • situation Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
  • particular I mean students in general, but not in particular.
  • consideration You should have taken all that into consideration.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
circumstancesteady
accidentfalling
occurrencefalling
situationfalling
particularsteady
considerationfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
go1
4 letters
fact1, item2
5 letters
thing1, point1, event2
6 letters
detail2
7 letters
setting2, feature2, context2, posture2
8 letters
position3, accident3, incident3
9 letters
situation4, specialty3
10 letters
particular4, occurrence3, speciality5
11 letters
predicament4
13 letters
consideration5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (item2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
circonstance
Italiano
circostanza
Español
circunstancia
Deutsch
Bewandtnis
Català
circumstància