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Synonyms for occasion
noun chance

opening
incident
possibility
moment
time

opportunity
use
shot
occurrence
show

season
break
excuse
convenience
demand

need
instant

Antonyms for occasion

misfortune

Synonyms
noun reason, cause

incident
ground
purpose
circumstance
basis
antecedent

motivation
foundation
provocation
justification
influence
motive

excuse
right
call
necessity
obligation
warrant

inducement
grounds
prompting
determinant

Antonyms

prevention

hindrance

discouragement

Synonyms
noun event, happening

affair
episode
circumstance
time
moment

experience
scene
thing
incident
milestone

celebration
instant
happening
while
go

occurrence
milepost
goings-on

Synonyms
verb make happen, bring about

do
breed
prompt
inspire
engender
muster

create
move
influence
effect
induce
elicit

produce
evoke
hatch
originate
provoke
cause

generate
persuade
work up
give rise to
lead to

Antonyms

destroy
prevent
dissuade
ruin
hinder

repress
result
suppress
fail
neglect

halt
stop
discourage
finish
end

Concept Thesaurus for word occasion
2. RELATIVE TIME; Time with reference to an effect or purpose
Synonyms – noun

timeliness
room
suitable time
tempestivity.
conjuncture
nick of time
favorable opportunity
window of opportunity
spare time (leisure)

occasion
event (eventuality)
proper time
crisis
crisis
golden opportunity
opening
fair field

opportunity
suitable season
high time
turn
turning point
well timed opportunity
clear stage
mollia tempora

opening
proper season
opportuneness
juncture
given time.
fine opportunity
open field
fata Morgana

Synonyms – verbs

seize (take) an opportunity
improve the occasion.
battre le fer sur l’enclume
prendre la balle au bond.

use[more] an opportunity
suit the occasion (be expedient)
make hay while the sun shines

give[more] an opportunity
seize the occasion
seize the present hour

use an occasion
strike while the iron is hot
take time by the forelock

Synonyms – adjectives

opportune
seasonable.
happy
critical

timely
providential
favorable
suitable

well-timed
lucky
propitious
obiter dicta.

timeful
fortunate
auspicious

Synonyms – phrases
carpe diem, [Horace. “Seize the day” (Latin)]; occasionem cognosce [“Recognize the opportunity” (Latin)]; one’s hour is come, the time is up; that reminds me, now that you mention it, come to think of it; bien perdu bien connu [“We only know what we have when we have lost it” (French)]; è sempre l’ora [“It is always the time” (Italian)]; ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius; nosce tempus [“Know the right time” (Latin)]; nunc aut
Antonyms

untimeliness

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