circumstance

/sˈɝkəmstˌæns/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
2. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
   “the historical context”
3. information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
   “another consideration is the time it would take”
4. formal ceremony about important occasions
   “pomp and circumstance”

Synonyms for circumstance

• context
• setting
• condition
• consideration

Words that rhyme with circumstance

• advance
• romance
• chance
• dance
• lance
• finance
• prance
• freelance
• askance
• expanse
• glance
• trance
• enhance
• perchance
• stance
• happenstance
• nance
• refinance
• alamance
• anse
• crance
• flashdance
• hance
• lafrance
• mance
• mccance
• pomerance
• pomeranz
• rance
• schanz