Incident
Incident noun - Something that happens.
Usage example: the odd little incident was reported in the local paper
Phenomenon is a synonym for incident in matter topic. In some cases you can use "Phenomenon" instead a noun "Incident".
Phenomenon
Phenomenon noun - Something extraordinary or surprising.
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Synonyms for Phenomenon
Incident is a synonym for phenomenon in occurrence topic. You can use "Incident" instead a noun "Phenomenon", if it concerns topics such as wonder, event, matter.
Nearby Word: phenomenal
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- experience and incident
- experience and phenomenon
- occurrence and incident
- occurrence and phenomenon
- thing and incident
- thing and phenomenon
- event and incident
- event and phenomenon
- matter and incident
- matter and phenomenon
- circumstance and incident
- circumstance and phenomenon
- chance and incident
- chance and phenomenon
How words are described
| particular | particular incident | particular phenomenon |
| similar | similar incident | similar phenomenon |
| related | related incident | related phenomenon |
| specific | specific incident | specific phenomenon |
| Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, big, interesting, famous, major, well-known, mysterious, unusual, mentioned, strange, bizarre, different, recurring, international, freak, recent, magical, historical, unexplained. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- This lets characters essentially self-govern their own location and allow any collateral damage or odd phenomenon to occur without major incident.
Source: Middle-of-Nowhere Street - She's lazy, shows no particular respect for her seniors, and slacks on her job so much it escalated a normal cyclic phenomenon into a full-blown Incident.
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