Hypernyms for "chance"
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audience
bad luck
brass ring
clean slate
conditional probability
contingent probability
crack
cross section
day
even chance
exceedance
fair chance
fat chance
fresh start
go for broke
happen
hearing
hunting ground
joint probability
luck it
luck through
mischance
mishap
occasion
opening
risk
risk of exposure
risk of infection
room
say
shot
slim chance
sporting chance
street
tabula rasa
throw
tossup
toss-up
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.