chanceful
- adjective
- Archaic
- Starting a new business is always a chanceful endeavor, requiring courage and preparation.
Examples
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Investing in the stock market is a chanceful activity because prices can change unexpectedly.
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They faced a chanceful journey across the mountains in winter.
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His chanceful decision to invest in the startup paid off in the end.
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This chanceful situation could lead to unexpected outcomes.
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The weather is quite chanceful this time of year.
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Going on a solo trip without a plan can be quite chanceful, as you never know what may happen.
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The team's chanceful approach to the project led to both risks and exciting possibilities.
Synonyms
Happening without a plan and by chance
Likely to change suddenly and hard to know in advance
Likely to be risky or dangerous because the outcome is uncertain
Not certain or reliable
Based on how likely something is rather than being certain
Having events or results that happen by chance you cannot predict
Not certain and likely to be risky
Sometimes works well and sometimes fails depending on luck
A work that uses chance to decide parts, for example in music or art
Having no single predictable result because chance affects it
Unpredictable because it depends on chance
Not able to tell what will happen next
Antonyms
How Risky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word chanceful comes from the common word chance meaning 'an unexpected event' and the ending -ful meaning 'full of'. So, chanceful literally means 'full of chance', which is why it describes something with uncertainty or risk.