happenstance

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hap=pen=stance

OXFORD DICTIONARY

happenstance, n. US a thing that happens by chance.

Etymology

HAPPEN + CIRCUMSTANCE

THESAURUS

happenstance

accessory, accident, accidental, accidentality, actuarial calculation, addendum, addition, adjunct, adventitiousness, adventure, appendage, appurtenance, auxiliary, break, casualness, casualty, chance, chance hit, circumstance, collateral, contingency, contingent, destiny, episode, event, experience, extra, fact, fate, fluke, flukiness, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, freak accident, gamble, good fortune, good luck, hap, happening, happy chance, hazard, heedless hap, how they fall, incident, incidental, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, inessential, law of averages, long odds, long shot, lot, luck, lucky shot, matter of fact, mere chance, moira, nonessential, not-self, occasion, occurrence, opportunity, other, particular, phenomenon, principle of indeterminacy, probability, problematicness, random sample, reality, risk, run of luck, secondary, serendipity, statistical probability, subsidiary, superaddition, supplement, the breaks, theory of probability, turn of events, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, unessential, whatever comes