by any chance

ADVERB

ever

Synonyms

STRONGEST

consistently constantly continually forever regularly usually

WEAK

anytime at all at all times at any point endlessly eternally everlastingly evermore for keeps in any case in perpetuum incessantly invariably on any occasion perpetually relentlessly till cows come home to the end of time unceasingly unendingly

ADVERB

possibly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conceivably likely perhaps probably

STRONG

maybe peradventure perchance

WEAK

God willing at all by any means could be if possible in any way not impossibly within realm of possibility

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improbably unlikely

WEAK

impossibly

Example Sentences

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by any chance

Is he thinking about Witherspoon by any chance?

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025

Was it by any chance the reporters who wrote this article?

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025

Uh, do you, by any chance know, Paris where she is right now, right?’

From Fox News ● Oct. 5, 2021

I wondered if you remembered by any chance the title of your speech.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2020

“Do you, by any chance, have a goose for a son?”

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown