Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Circumstance

Nouns
  • circumstance, situation, phase, position, posture, attitude, place, point
  • terms
  • regime
  • footing, standing, status. occasion, juncture, conjunctive
  • contingency etc. (event) Eventuality. predicament
  • emergence, emergency
  • exigency, crisis, pinch, pass, push
  • occurrence
  • turning point. bearings, how the land lies. surroundings, context, environment Inclosure
  • location Location. contingency, dependence (uncertainty) Uncertainty
  • causation [Constant antecedent]. Cause, attribution [Assignment of cause] Attribution.
Adjectives
  • circumstantial
  • given, conditional, provisional
  • critical
  • modal
  • contingent, incidental
  • adventitious etc. (extrinsic) Extrinsicality
  • limitative.
Adverbs
  • in the circumstances, under the circumstances etc. n., the circumstances, conditions etc. State
  • thus, in such wise. accordingly
  • that being the case, such being the case, in view of the circumstances
  • that being so, sith, since, seeing that. as matters stand
  • as things go, as times go. conditionally, provided, if, in case
  • if so, if so be, if it be so
  • depending on circumstances, in certain circumstances, under certain conditions
  • if it so happen, if it so turn out
  • in the event of
  • in such a contingency, in such a case, in such an event
  • provisionally, unless, without. according to circumstances, according to the occasion
  • as it may happen, as it may turn out, as it may be
  • as the case may be, as the wind blows
Phrases
  • yet are my sins not those of circumstance" [Lytton].