44
situation(noun, entity, business, state, action)
29
occurrence(noun, form, business, performance, action)
27
setting(noun, environment, surroundings, milieu, external forces)
26
incident(noun, business, performance, action, trouble)
25
event(noun, form, business, action, trouble)
24
conditions(noun, environment, situation, surroundings, instance)
24
occasion(noun, form, business, action, act)
23
environment(noun, form, fix, pass, position)
22
case(noun, feature, business, performance, action)
21
condition(noun, state, action, order, fix)
20
happening(noun, business, performance, action, act)
19
ambient(noun, adjective, environment, surroundings, milieu)
17
context(noun, action, environment, thing, condition)
17
environs(noun, environment, surroundings, milieu, external forces)
17
episode(noun, business, performance, action, trouble)
17
status(noun, state, action, characteristic, order)
15
circumstances(noun, state, environment, position, condition)
15
fact(noun, entity, action, act, part)
14
state(noun, order, pass, position, difficulty)
13
contingency(noun, form, action, fix, event)
<12345…10>
10 years ago|12k views|share |citing 
APASmart Define. (2015). circumstance thesaurus. Retrieved September 25, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/circumstance/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2015. "circumstance thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/circumstance/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 25, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2015, circumstance thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 25 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/circumstance/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "circumstance thesaurus" 22 December 2015. Web. 25 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/circumstance/thesaurus/synonyms>