Thesaurus:circumstantial

Thesaurus

circumstantial

English

Adjective

Sense: pertaining to or dependent on circumstances

Synonyms

• accidental    [⇒ thesaurus]
• circumstantial
• coincidental
• coinstantial
• contingent
• happenstantial
• incidental
• secondary

Antonyms

• certain    [⇒ thesaurus]
• impossible
• inevitable    [⇒ thesaurus]
• necessary

Related terms

• instantial

Further reading

• “8. circumstance” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “circumstantial” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.