All heads or tails synonyms
heads or tails
H h noun heads or tails
- fate β something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind.
- chance β If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- risk β exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- advantage β An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- odds β something that is odd.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- future β time that is to be or come hereafter.
- lot β lot (def 14).
- outcome β a final product or end result; consequence; issue.
- fortuity β the state or quality of being fortuitous; fortuitous character.
- occurrence β the action, fact, or instance of occurring.
- coincidence β A coincidence is when two or more similar or related events occur at the same time by chance and without any planning.
- casualty β A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- misfortune β adverse fortune; bad luck.
- lottery β a gambling game or method of raising money, as for some public charitable purpose, in which a large number of tickets are sold and a drawing is held for certain prizes.
- destiny β A person's destiny is everything that happens to them during their life, including what will happen in the future, especially when it is considered to be controlled by someone or something else.
- kismet β fate; destiny.
- destination β The destination of someone or something is the place to which they are going or being sent.
- providence β a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.
- hap β Benedict, 1741β1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- gamble β to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
- hazard β an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
- fluke β Unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck.
- accident β An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
- adventure β If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
- doom β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- peril β exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks.
- fortune β position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune.
- happening β something that happens; occurrence; event.
- cast β The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it.
- contingency β A contingency is something that might happen in the future.
- peradventure β chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
- bad luck β You can say 'Bad luck', or 'Hard luck', to someone when you want to express sympathy to them.
- good luck β good fortune
- haphazard β characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
- lucky break β a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- wheel of fortune β wheel (def 9).
- in the cards β a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3β³ Γ 5β³ file card; a membership card.
- luck out β the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- happenstance β a chance happening or event.