accidental | Definition of accidental

Synonyms and Antonyms of accidental

1 happening by chance

finding the gold was all the more remarkable because its discovery was entirely accidental

Synonyms of accidental

casual, chance, fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated, unwitting

Words Related to accidental

aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, random

uncertain, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen

coerced, forced, involuntary

unconscious, unprompted

Near Antonyms of accidental

certain, destined, expected, fixed, foreordained, foreseeable, foreseen, inevitable, predestined, predetermined, predictable, preordained, prescribed, sure

conscious, freewill, knowing, unforced, voluntary, volunteer, willful (or wilful)

Antonyms of accidental

calculated, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, premeditated, premeditative, prepense, set

2 not being a vital part of or belonging to something

we're considering the painting's merit as a work of art, its commercial value being entirely accidental as far as we're concerned

Synonyms of accidental

adventitious, alien, external, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, supervenient

Words Related to accidental

exterior, outside

immaterial, inapplicable, insignificant, irrelevant

nonessential, unessential, unnecessary

Near Antonyms of accidental

congenital, deep-seated, inborn, inbred

inside, interior, internal

basic, essential, necessary

Antonyms of accidental

inherent, innate, intrinsic