Thesaurus:occurrence

Thesaurus

occurrence

English

Noun

Sense: an actual instance when a situation occurs

Synonyms

• affair
• befalling
• episode
• event
• goings-on (plural only)
• happening
• hap (archaic or slang)
• incident
• occasion (obsolete)
• occurrence
• proceeding

Hyponyms

• anomaly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• disaster    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• possibility    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• experience    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:activity
• Thesaurus:state

Further reading

• “151. eventuality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “occurrence” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.