Thesaurus:accidentally

Thesaurus

accidentally

English

Adverb

Sense: in an accidental manner

Synonyms

• accidentally
• by accident
• by chance
• casually
• fortuitously
• inadvertently
• involuntarily
• on accident
• unexpectedly
• unintentionally
• unwittingly

Antonyms

• advisedly
• advertently
• consciously
• by choice
• by design
• intentionally
• deliberately
• designedly
• knowingly
• on purpose
• purposefully
• purposely
• selfconsciously
• strategically
• studiously
• volitionally
• voluntarily
• wilfully
• with awareness
• wittingly

Hyponyms

• as luck would have it
• fortunately
• luckily
• unfortunately
• unluckily

See also

• Thesaurus:accident
• Thesaurus:accidental

Further reading

• “156. chance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “accidentally” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.