Definition for Occasion:

• o-k[= a]' zhun, n. a case of something happening: a special time or season: a chance of bringing about something desired: an event which, although not the cause, determines the time at which another happens: a reason or excuse: opportunity: requirement, business: a special ceremony.-- v.t. to cause indirectly: to influence.-- adj. OCC[= A]' SIONAL, falling in the way or happening: occurring only at times: resulting from accident: produced on some special event.-- ns. OCC[= A]' SIONALISM, the philosophical system of the Cartesian school for explaining the action of mind upon matter, or the combined action of both by the direct intervention of God, who on the occasion of certain modifications in our minds, excites the corresponding movements of body, and on the occasion of certain changes in our body, awakens the corresponding feelings in the mind; OCC[= A]' SIONALIST; OCCASIONAL'ITY.-- adv. OCC[= A]' SIONALLY.-- n. OCC[= A]' SIONER.-- ON OCCASION, in case of need: as opportunity offers, from time to time; TAKE OCCASION, to take advantage of an opportunity. [ Fr.,-- L. occasion-em-- occid[) e]re-- ob, in the way of, cad[) e]re, casum, to fall.]

Synonyms for Occasion:

• n.

  •
  • incident.
  •
  • excuse,
  • opening,
  • chance,
  • opportunity,
  • possibility,
  • motivation.
  •
  • form,
  • create,
  • bring about,
  • inaugurate,
  • time,
  • season,
  • make.
  •
  • bout.
  •
  • phenomenon,
  • show,
  • life.
  •
  • development,
  • news.
  •
  • luck,
  • shot,
  • break.
  •
  • start.
  •
  • ground,
  • necessity,
  • call,
  • wherefore,
  • why,
  • justification.
  •
  • festivity,
  • gala,
  • fete,
  • soiree,
  • bash,
  • celebration,
  • party,
  • DO,
  • work.
  •act (noun)
  • thing.
  •cause (noun)
  • determinant,
  • prime mover,
  • causation.
  •causes (noun)
  • engine,
  • agent,
  • stimulus,
  • invitation,
  • contributor,
  • source,
  • root,
  • provocation,
  • influence,
  • catalyst,
  • base.
  •chance (noun)
  • break,
  • season,
  • possibility,
  • moment,
  • shot,
  • show,
  • need,
  • convenience,
  • demand,
  • incident,
  • opening,
  • excuse,
  • time,
  • use,
  • opportunity,
  • instant,
  • occurrence.
  •circumstance (noun)
  • basis,
  • moment,
  • milestone,
  • happening,
  • occurrence,
  • situation,
  • incidence,
  • circumstance,
  • condition,
  • episode,
  • juncture,
  • conjuncture,
  • status,
  • cardinal point,
  • landmark,
  • event,
  • instant.
  •event, happening (noun)
  • experience,
  • scene,
  • milestone,
  • celebration,
  • affair,
  • thing,
  • episode,
  • while,
  • milepost,
  • happening,
  • goings-on,
  • go.
  •good fortune (noun)
  • luck.
  •motive (noun)
  • stimulus.
  •obligation (noun)
  • obligation.
  •occasion (noun)
  • juncture,
  • affair,
  • function,
  • social occasion,
  • social function.
  •occurrence (noun)
  • happening,
  • incident.
  •once in a while (noun)
  • occasionally.
  •reason (noun)
  • why and wherefore.
  •reason, cause (noun)
  • ground,
  • call,
  • justification,
  • right,
  • circumstance,
  • inducement,
  • antecedent,
  • basis,
  • warrant,
  • provocation,
  • motivation,
  • obligation,
  • influence,
  • foundation,
  • grounds,
  • necessity,
  • determinant,
  • prompting,
  • motive,
  • purpose.
  •room (noun)
  • room.
  •spare time (noun)
  • convenience.
  •time interval (noun)
  • while.

• v.

  •cause (verb)
  • origin.
  •make happen, bring about (verb)
  • evoke,
  • engender,
  • muster,
  • breed,
  • induce,
  • provoke,
  • lead to,
  • DO,
  • produce,
  • persuade,
  • create,
  • hatch,
  • elicit,
  • prompt,
  • effect,
  • work up,
  • originate,
  • move,
  • give rise to,
  • inspire,
  • cause,
  • generate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • warrant,
  • drama,
  • soiree,
  • doozy,
  • tableau,
  • opportunity,
  • trigger,
  • begin,
  • exception,
  • Ingenerate,
  • curiosity,
  • dynamite,
  • effectuate,
  • why,
  • apparition.
  •
  • freak,
  • possibility,
  • phenomenon,
  • alibi,
  • accident,
  • state,
  • fete,
  • time,
  • motivation,
  • incident,
  • wherefore,
  • gala.
  •
  • consideration,
  • bash,
  • apology,
  • excuse,
  • induce,
  • generate,
  • festivity.
  •
  • shot,
  • stir,
  • story,
  • necessity.
  •
  • justify,
  • news,
  • opening,
  • justification.
  •
  • party,
  • sense,
  • chance.
  •
  • celebration,
  • ground,
  • bring.
  •
  • life.
  •
  • make.
  •
  • show.
  •begin
  • initiate,
  • set in motion,
  • give birth to,
  • establish,
  • introduce,
  • set up,
  • get going,
  • trigger.
  •bring
  • contribute to.
  •bring on
  • lead to.
  •call for
  • necessitate.
  •good fortune
  • luck.
  •opportuneness
  • timeliness.
  •produce
  • make for.
  •work up
  • stir up,
  • work up,
  • muster up.
  •Other relevant words:
  • experience,
  • consequence,
  • attain,
  • requisition,
  • send,
  • obligation,
  • commemoration,
  • stimulus,
  • adventure,
  • right,
  • proper time,
  • fete,
  • accident,
  • intimacy,
  • Necessities,
  • fact,
  • foment,
  • yield,
  • taking place,
  • business,
  • frolic,
  • news,
  • Ingenerate,
  • foothold,
  • contributor,
  • source,
  • inducement,
  • fire,
  • turn,
  • observance,
  • wake,
  • life,
  • bring,
  • irregular,
  • timeliness,
  • activate,
  • levee,
  • ritual,
  • drama,
  • origin,
  • fair,
  • feast,
  • function,
  • originate,
  • arouse,
  • seasonal,
  • possibility,
  • impose,
  • importance,
  • season,
  • matter of fact,
  • carnival,
  • crisis,
  • inspiring,
  • dinner,
  • spur,
  • necessity,
  • rally,
  • get going,
  • call forth,
  • requirement,
  • bring about,
  • session,
  • influential,
  • critical point,
  • stimulating,
  • why,
  • create,
  • account,
  • institute,
  • apology,
  • originator,
  • intention,
  • apparition,
  • issue,
  • fair field,
  • set in motion,
  • persuade,
  • stepping-stone,
  • interest,
  • call,
  • waken,
  • broach,
  • achieve,
  • time,
  • prerequisite,
  • affair,
  • instigate,
  • concentrated,
  • impressive,
  • wingding,
  • initiate,
  • shape,
  • suitable time,
  • give,
  • place,
  • phase,
  • prompt,
  • bring to pass,
  • secure,
  • agitate,
  • effect,
  • advantage,
  • involvement,
  • set on foot,
  • render,
  • fixture,
  • excuse,
  • sire,
  • motive,
  • bear,
  • articulation,
  • agent,
  • impel,
  • opportunity,
  • indispensable,
  • energize,
  • bring on,
  • why and wherefore,
  • push,
  • encourage,
  • provoke,
  • prospect,
  • bust,
  • round,
  • bout,
  • make for,
  • party,
  • alibi,
  • summon,
  • purpose,
  • freak,
  • involve,
  • prompting,
  • high time,
  • father,
  • case,
  • mouth,
  • induce,
  • work,
  • rousing,
  • luck,
  • phenomenon,
  • develop,
  • causality,
  • liaison,
  • effectuate,
  • sake,
  • rouse,
  • result in,
  • role,
  • work up,
  • grounds,
  • give birth to,
  • subject,
  • chance,
  • use,
  • special,
  • principle,
  • specialized,
  • incitement,
  • accomplish,
  • blast,
  • entail,
  • get,
  • touch off,
  • engine,
  • gap,
  • kick start,
  • generate,
  • undercurrents,
  • Luckiness,
  • liberty,
  • reality,
  • eventuality,
  • make,
  • room,
  • former,
  • question,
  • Festivities,
  • convincing,
  • fashion,
  • convenience,
  • match,
  • look,
  • ceremony,
  • rejoicing,
  • provocative,
  • affaire,
  • topic,
  • antecedent,
  • jamboree,
  • on occasion,
  • actuate,
  • introduce,
  • egg,
  • wherefore,
  • impulse,
  • hopeful,
  • base,
  • must,
  • spree,
  • opportunism,
  • justify,
  • cajole,
  • spell,
  • fabricate,
  • occasionally,
  • catalyst,
  • need,
  • desideratum,
  • motivate,
  • goad,
  • reason,
  • derivation,
  • contingency,
  • beget,
  • produce,
  • inspirit,
  • invitation,
  • contribute to,
  • hop up,
  • festival,
  • consideration,
  • stir up,
  • animate,
  • particular,
  • scene,
  • bring forth,
  • etiology,
  • requisite,
  • incite,
  • accidental,
  • Suscitate,
  • instance,
  • construct,
  • determinative,
  • gathering,
  • coax,
  • chanceful,
  • crossroads,
  • spinning head,
  • when,
  • soiree,
  • ground,
  • shot,
  • random,
  • Well-spring,
  • inflame,
  • exception,
  • realize,
  • celebration,
  • hatch,
  • enliven,
  • final cause,
  • subroutine,
  • matter,
  • muster up,
  • state,
  • shindig,
  • basis,
  • cause and effect,
  • while,
  • gain,
  • engender,
  • rootstock,
  • genesis,
  • require,
  • motivation,
  • show,
  • confluence,
  • acquire,
  • opening,
  • elicit,
  • call for,
  • get steamed up,
  • invigorate,
  • galvanize,
  • sense,
  • rationale,
  • point in time,
  • start,
  • once,
  • reception,
  • prod,
  • break,
  • root,
  • inspire,
  • Provenience,
  • necessitate,
  • dynamite,
  • social function,
  • amour,
  • foundation,
  • determinant,
  • to,
  • conclusive,
  • meet,
  • doozy,
  • earn,
  • designer,
  • reason why,
  • set up,
  • inspirational,
  • score,
  • tableau,
  • social occasion,
  • junction,
  • forceful,
  • revel,
  • get together,
  • move,
  • turn of events,
  • essentials,
  • author,
  • thing,
  • causation,
  • development,
  • give rise,
  • provocation,
  • incident,
  • festivity,
  • aimless,
  • scope,
  • Desideration,
  • wheedle,
  • Necessaries,
  • bash,
  • breed,
  • want,
  • story,
  • happenstance,
  • influence,
  • antecedents,
  • trigger,
  • bring up,
  • demand,
  • join,
  • tempt,
  • fair game,
  • Of,
  • realise,
  • warrant,
  • spark,
  • forcible,
  • kindle,
  • milepost,
  • excite,
  • period,
  • squeak,
  • hap,
  • rite,
  • meeting,
  • essential,
  • proceeding,
  • clear stage,
  • goings-on,
  • example,
  • stir,
  • ignite,
  • occasions,
  • persuasive,
  • social,
  • set afloat,
  • cause,
  • electrify,
  • evoke,
  • erect,
  • patchy,
  • element,
  • interesting,
  • look-in,
  • begin,
  • eloquent,
  • exhilarating,
  • spring,
  • joint,
  • entertainment,
  • formality,
  • DO,
  • call up,
  • factor,
  • gestate,
  • quicken,
  • justification,
  • found,
  • force,
  • form,
  • give rise to,
  • lead to,
  • manufacture,
  • blow-out,
  • stimulate,
  • awaken,
  • cogent,
  • prime mover,
  • banquet,
  • raise,
  • conceive,
  • drive,
  • urge,
  • curiosity,
  • establish,
  • catch,
  • inaugurate,
  • amusement,
  • ball,
  • concern,
  • go,
  • gala,
  • muster.

Antonyms for Occasion:

• n.

  • chance
    misfortune.
  • reason, cause
    hindrance, prevention, discouragement.
  • Other antonyms:
    end, sequel, product, aftereffect, ramification, effect, repercussion, upshot, side effect, result, issue, by-product, outgrowth, sequence, fate, consequence, aftermath, denouement, development, resultant, outcome, conclusion, creation, corollary, event, fruit.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abolish, aftereffect, aftermath, arrest, can, check, clamp down, conclusion, consequence, control, corollary, crack down, crush, curb, dampen, demolish, denouement, destroy, development, discourage, discouragement, dissuade, effect, end, extinguish, fail, fate, finish, frequently, fruit, halt, hinder, hindrance, impede, inhibit, issue, limit, liquidate, often, outcome, outgrowth, prevent, prevention, product, quash, quell, quench, ramification, rein, rein in, repercussion, repress, restrain, restrict, result, resultant, ruin, sequel, sequence, side effect, smother, snuff, snuff out, squash, squelch, stifle, still, stop, subdue, suppress, put down, retard, crack down on, clamp down on.

• v.

  • make happen, bring about
    result, end, neglect, suppress, prevent, hinder, repress, discourage, halt, stop, dissuade, fail, finish, ruin, destroy.