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Synonyms and Antonyms of happen

synonym (synonym of happen)

  • (noun)
    bechance, chance, fall out, supervene, befall, come to pass, occur, take place, betide, fall
    A thing is said to happen when no design is manifest, or none especially thought of; it is said to chance when it appears to be the result of accident more.. A thing is said to happen when no design is manifest, or none especially thought of; it is said to chance when it appears to be the result of accident (compare synonyms for ACCIDENT). An incident happens or occurs; something external or actual happens to one; a thought or fancy occurs to him. Befall and betide are transitive; happen is intransitive; something befalls or betides a person or happens to him. Betide is especially used for anticipated evil, thought of as waiting and coming at its appointed time; as, wo betide him! One event supervenes upon another event, one disease upon another, etc. ["Transpire," in the sense of happen, is not authorized by good usage: a thing that has happened is properly said to transpire when it becomes known.] (noun)
     
  • (verb.change)
    come about, fall out, go on, hap, occur, pass, pass off, take place
    come to pass (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    bechance, befall
    happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    materialise, materialize
    come into being; become reality (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    bump, chance, encounter, find
    come upon, as if by accident; meet with (verb.possession)
     

antonym (antonym of happen)

  • (verb.change)
    dematerialise, dematerialize
    become immaterial; disappear (verb.change)
     

hypernym (happen IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • chance to be or do something, without intention or causation (verb.social)
    chance
    be the case by chance (verb.social)
     
  • come into being; become reality (verb.change)
    come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
    come to pass (verb.change)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF happen relation)

  • (verb.change)
    appear, come out
    be issued or published (verb.change)
     
  • come to pass (verb.change)
    break, develop, recrudesce
    happen (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    arise, come up
    result or issue (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    result
    come about or follow as a consequence (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    intervene
    occur between other event or between certain points of time (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    transpire
    come about, happen, or occur (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    give
    occur (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    operate
    happen (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    supervene
    take place as an additional or unexpected development (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    go, proceed
    follow a certain course (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    come
    come to pass; arrive, as in due course (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    fall
    occur at a specified time or place (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    anticipate
    be a forerunner of or occur earlier than (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    develop
    be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    recur, repeat
    happen or occur again (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    come off, go off, go over
    happen in a particular manner (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    come around, roll around
    happen regularly (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    happen, materialise, materialize
    come into being; become reality (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    bechance, befall, happen
    happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    bechance, befall, betide
    become of; happen to (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    coincide, concur
    happen simultaneously (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.social)
    backfire, backlash, recoil
    come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    chance
    be the case by chance (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    break
    happen or take place (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    fall, shine, strike
    touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    turn out
    prove to be in the result or end (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize
    happen at the same time (verb.stative)
     

verb group (happen is verb group of ....)

  • chance to be or do something, without intention or causation (verb.social)
    bechance, befall, happen
    happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance (verb.change)
     
  • happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance (verb.change)
    happen
    chance to be or do something, without intention or causation (verb.social)
     

derivation (.... is derived from happen)

  • come into being; become reality (verb.change)
    materialisation, materialization, offspring
    something that comes into existence as a result (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    manifestation, materialisation, materialization
    an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.process)
    materialisation, materialization
    the process of coming into being; becoming reality (noun.process)
     
  • come to pass (verb.change)
    happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
    an event that happens (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    hap
    an accidental happening (noun.event)
     
  • come upon, as if by accident; meet with (verb.possession)
    discovery, find, uncovering
    the act of discovering something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.event)
    encounter, meeting
    a casual or unexpected convergence (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.person)
    discoverer, finder, spotter
    someone who is the first to observe something (noun.person)
     
synonym antonym hypernym hyponym verb group derivation bechance chance come about fall out befall materialise dematerialise dematerialize come about fall out go on hap chance break develop arise come up result intervene bechance befall happening natural event hap materialisation manifestation materialization
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