coincidence

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place.
2. (countable, uncountable) Of events, the appearance of a meaningful connection when there is none.
3. (countable, uncountable) A coincidence point.
4. (countable, uncountable) A fixed point of a correspondence; a point of a variety corresponding to itself under a correspondence.

Synonyms

concurrence

chance

🎲

accident

agreement

conjunction

concurrency

fortuity

luck

🍀

match

contingency

co-occurrence

conformity

coexistence

accordance

happenstance

fate

incident

destiny

doubling

eventuality

fluke

haphazard

occurrence

overlap

really

resemblance

simultaneity

simultaneousness

stroke of luck

superposition

sure enough

synchronism

trouble

unanimously

union

unison

as expected

concomitancy

reclosing

compliance

cooperation

registration

coexistance

meet the necessity

doublication

match together

accord

affluence

agree

agreeing

Translations

coincidencia

coïncidence

coincidenza

Koinzidenz

coincidência

σύμπτωση

Zufall

🎲

Zusammentreffen

casualidad

🎲

coincidència

caso

🎲

hasard

συγκυρία

emergenza

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/

Etymology

From French coïncidence. By surface analysis, coincide + -ence.