Episode
Episode noun - Something that happens.
Usage example: the episode in which the Native American Samoset walked into Plymouth Plantation and surprised the Pilgrims with the greeting, “Welcome, Englishman”
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Synonyms for Episode
Occurrence is a synonym for episode in event topic. In some cases you can use "Occurrence" instead a noun "Episode", when it comes to topics like incident, happening, affair, adventure. popular alternative
Nearby Words: episodic, episodically
Occurrence
Occurrence noun - Something that happens.
Usage example: life is full of random occurrences
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Synonyms for Occurrence
Episode is a synonym for occurrence in incident topic. You can use "Episode" instead a noun "Occurrence", if it concerns topics such as happening, event, affair, happen. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- experience and episode
- experience and occurrence
- thing and episode
- thing and occurrence
- event and episode
- event and occurrence
- matter and episode
- matter and occurrence
- circumstance and episode
- circumstance and occurrence
- scene and episode
- scene and occurrence
- manifestation and episode
- manifestation and occurrence
How words are described
| notable | notable episode | notable occurrence |
| particular | particular episode | particular occurrence |
| similar | similar episode | similar occurrence |
| normal | normal episode | normal occurrence |
| Other adjectives: typical, regular, certain, single, actual, real, serious, bad, infamous, famous, new, possible, next, last, occasional, recent, previous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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While bolting upright doesn't always happen, it's a common occurrence and is usually accompanied by hysterical screaming and an inability to be comforted until the episode passes.
Source: Catapult Nightmare - Originally introduced in the episode "Contagion", it was stated as an extremely unlikely occurrence due to the numerous fail-safe systems designed specifically to keep it from happening.
Source: Uniqueness Decay -
Noodle Incident: In the episode "Trust", a freak electrical occurrence causes all of the lockers to pop open at school.
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Occurrence and Episode. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/episode/occurrence
Episode & Occurrence. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/episode/occurrence>.
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