Chance definition

Chance as a noun

1. a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

   "now is your chance"

   Same sense: opportunity

2. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

   "we ran into each other by pure chance"

   Same sense: luck, fortune, hazard

3. a risk involving danger

   "you take a chance when you let her drive"

4. a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible

   "if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife"

   Same sense: probability

5. the possibility of future success

   Same sense: prospect

Chance as a verb

6. be the case by chance

   "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"

7. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

   Same sense: take a chance, risk, run a risk, take chances, adventure, hazard, gamble

8. come upon, as if by accident; meet with

   "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

   Same sense: find, happen, encounter, bump

Chance as an adjective

9. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

   "a chance occurrence"

   Same sense: casual

Synonyms and antonyms

• opportunity
• luck
• fortune
• hazard
• probability
• prospect
• take a chance
• risk
• run a risk
• take chances
• adventure
• gamble
• find definition
• happen definition
• encounter
• bump
• casual

All synonyms of chance, sense by sense

How to say chance

Chance has 1 syllable and rhymes with dance. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with chance

• dance
• finance
• advance
• romance
• stance
• enhance
• lance
• glance
• freelance
• circumstance
• trance
• expanse

All 20 words that rhyme with chance

CHANCE in word games

Scrabble

13

Words With Friends

15

Anagrams

0

Is CHANCE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check CHANCE in the word checker, or unscramble CHANCE to see the shorter words in its letters.