hap-hazard
1hap´haz´ard|ness — hap|haz|ard «adjective, adverb. HAP HAZ uhrd; noun. HAP HAZ uhrd», adjective, adverb, noun. –adj. not planned; random: »Haphazard answers are usually wrong. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under random. (Cf. ↑random) –adv. by chance; at random: » …
2hap´haz´ard|ly — hap|haz|ard «adjective, adverb. HAP HAZ uhrd; noun. HAP HAZ uhrd», adjective, adverb, noun. –adj. not planned; random: »Haphazard answers are usually wrong. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under random. (Cf. ↑random) –adv. by chance; at random: » …
3hap|haz|ard — «adjective, adverb. HAP HAZ uhrd; noun. HAP HAZ uhrd», adjective, adverb, noun. –adj. not planned; random: »Haphazard answers are usually wrong. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under random. (Cf. ↑random) –adv. by chance; at random: » …
4hap|chance — «HAP chans, chahns», noun. a chance occurrence; happenstance: »Hapchance or hazard in no way diminish the glow of creation (Sid Chaplin). ╂[< hap1 + chance] …
5hazard — n 1 accident, *chance, fortune, luck, hap 2 jeopardy, peril, *danger, risk Analogous words: possibility, probability, likelihood (see corresponding adjectives at PROBABLE): contingency, exigency, emergency (see JUNCTURE) hazard vb …
6hap — n *chance, fortune, luck, accident, hazard Analogous words: *fate, destiny, lot, portion …
7hap — Synonyms and related words: accident, accidentality, actuarial calculation, adventitiousness, adventure, be found, be met with, be realized, bechance, befall, betide, break, bundle up, casualness, casualty, chance, chance hit, circumstance, come …
8hazard — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. danger, chance, risk, peril, gamble; accident, adventure, contingency. v. risk, venture, gamble. See rashness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Danger] Syn. risk, peril, jeopardy; see danger . 2. [Luck] Syn.… …
9hazard — Synonyms and related words: accident, adventure, ante, ante up, assume, attempt, back, bechance, befall, bet, bet on, betide, bingo, block, blockade, book, bottleneck, brave, breakers ahead, calculated risk, call, card games, cardhouse, casualty …
10hap — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun 1. The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as the cause of such events: chance, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, hazard, luck. See CERTAIN. 2. An unexpected random …
