HyperDic: happenstance

English > 1 sense of the word *happenstance*:
NOUN	event	happenstance, coincidence	an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

happenstance > pronunciation
Sounds	hhae'pahnstae.ns
Rhymes	advance ... trance: 20 rhymes with aens...

English > *happenstance*: 1 sense > noun 1, event
Meaning	An event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental.
Synonym	coincidence
Broader	accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event	Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
Spanish	azar, casualidad, coincidencia
Catalan	atzar, casualitat, coincidència