Definition for Coincidence:

• The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Synonyms for Coincidence:

• n.

  •
  • incidental,
  • time.
  •
  • equilibrium,
  • parallel,
  • overlap,
  • eventuality.
  •accidental happening (noun)
  • fluke,
  • happy accident,
  • fate,
  • luck,
  • fortuity,
  • accident,
  • incident,
  • happening,
  • stroke of luck.
  •agreement (noun)
  • correspondence.
  •agreement; coexistence (noun)
  • concurrence,
  • synchronism,
  • correlation,
  • conformity,
  • collaboration,
  • accordance,
  • accompaniment,
  • conjunction,
  • consonance,
  • union,
  • accord.
  •attribute (noun)
  • coincidence.
  •chance (noun)
  • fortune,
  • coin toss,
  • aimlessness,
  • purposelessness,
  • haphazardness,
  • adventure,
  • opportunity,
  • happenstance,
  • randomness.
  •circumstance (noun)
  • phase,
  • where it's at,
  • supervention,
  • Exigencies.
  •co-occurrence (noun)
  • co-occurrence.
  •coexistence (noun)
  • co existence,
  • contemporaneousnesses,
  • coevalities,
  • co-existences,
  • coetaneousnesses,
  • simultaneousnesses,
  • co existences.
  •concurrence (noun)
  • cooperation,
  • combination,
  • tandem,
  • co-action,
  • synergy.
  •conjunction (noun)
  • concomitances,
  • tieup,
  • conjointments,
  • congruencies.
  •correspondence (noun)
  • agreement,
  • unison,
  • regularity,
  • comparability.
  •hap (noun)
  • haza.
  •hazard (noun)
  • way ball bounces,
  • lucky hits,
  • risky businesses,
  • hundred to ones,
  • hundred to one,
  • hundred-to-ones,
  • way ball bounce,
  • way the ball bounce.
  •resemblance (noun)
  • counter parts,
  • re-semblance,
  • peas pod,
  • counter-parts,
  • re-semblances,
  • two of kind,
  • counter-part,
  • re semblance,
  • peas in pod,
  • birds of feather,
  • counter part,
  • birds a feather,
  • peas a pod,
  • like ofs,
  • birds feather,
  • re semblances,
  • two a kind,
  • two kind.
  •similarity (noun)
  • interrelation,
  • likes of,
  • interrelations,
  • synonymity.
  •simultaneousness (noun)
  • synchronization.
  •unity (noun)
  • congruity,
  • Indivisibility,
  • identity,
  • unity,
  • entirety,
  • atom,
  • congruence,
  • singleness,
  • entireness,
  • purity,
  • completeness,
  • homogeneity,
  • solidarity,
  • cohesion,
  • oneness,
  • coherence,
  • fundamentality,
  • element,
  • integrity,
  • embodiment,
  • intactness,
  • sameness,
  • holism,
  • simplicity.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • convergence,
  • stochastic,
  • serendipity,
  • neighborhood,
  • common denominator,
  • coincidentally,
  • accidentally,
  • parallelism,
  • serendipitous,
  • unlucky,
  • adventitious.

Paraphrases for Coincidence:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    accident, occurrence.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    concurrence, match, matches, matching, convergence, correspondence, circumstance, overlap, conjunction, mismatch, case, mistake, agreement.
  • Adverb
    coincidentally.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    chance, concordance, fluke, randomness, connection.

Antonyms for Coincidence:

• n.

  • agreement; coexistence
    disagreement, nonconformity, divergence, scheme, separation, discord, deviation, design, difference, plan, division, mismatch, clash, refusal, disconnection.
  • Other antonyms:
    disproportion, asynchrony, incongruity, unlikeness, dissimilarity.

Coincidence Sentence Examples:

• That day Edwin met with a coincidence, he made what he believed to be a discovery, and almost at the same moment received an inquiry as to the subject of that discovery.

• Then this could turn out to be a pleasant coincidence.

Hyponym for Coincidence:

• n.

  • attribute
    position, spatial relation.
  • event
    accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event.