Definition for Misadventure:

• A mischance or accident; a casualty caused by the act of one person and inflicting injury upon another. Homicide " by misadventure" is where a man, doing a lawful act. without any intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another. 4 Bl. Comm. 1S2; Williamson v. State, 2 Ohio Cir. Ct. R. 202; Johnson v. State, 94 Ala. 35, 10 South. 607.

Synonyms for Misadventure:

• n.

  •abortion (noun)
  • fiasco.
  •adversity (noun)
  • distress,
  • blight,
  • curse,
  • grief,
  • hardship,
  • destitution,
  • bad luck,
  • dolor,
  • trial,
  • rainy day,
  • misery,
  • bane,
  • adversity,
  • affliction,
  • difficulty,
  • burden,
  • trouble,
  • hard times,
  • agony,
  • peril,
  • poorness,
  • ordeal,
  • torment,
  • poverty,
  • infliction.
  •bad luck, mishap (noun)
  • error,
  • debacle,
  • accident,
  • blunder,
  • slip,
  • setback,
  • faux pas,
  • lapse.
  •failure (noun)
  • Unsuccess,
  • insolvency,
  • nonfeasance,
  • abortion,
  • miscarriage.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • blow,
  • calamity,
  • casualty,
  • cataclysm,
  • catastrophe,
  • contretemps,
  • crack-up,
  • disaster,
  • emergency,
  • failure,
  • hazard,
  • ill,
  • ill luck,
  • infelicity,
  • mischance,
  • misfortune,
  • mishap,
  • reverse,
  • tragedy,
  • tribulation,
  • undoing,
  • vicissitude,
  • washout,
  • woe,
  • Unluckiness,
  • hard luck,
  • bad break.

Paraphrases for Misadventure:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    mishap.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misfortune.

Antonyms for Misadventure:

• n.

  • bad luck, mishap
    good fortune, success, progress, blessing, boon, triumph, good luck, prosperity, win, favor, miracle, perfection, correction, achievement, fortune, happiness, wonder, advantage.
  • Other antonyms:
    godsend, chance, fate, law, necessity, fluke, calculation, intention, windfall, serendipity, ordinance, certainty, accomplishment, appointment, foreordination, decree, Ordainment, luck, break, preparation, provision, plan, strike, purpose, opportunity.

Hypernym for Misadventure:

• n.

  • event
    ground loop, derailment, accident, crash, trip, slip, near miss, puncture.

Hyponym for Misadventure:

• n.

  • event
    misfortune, bad luck.