incident

1. 1.

   falling or striking of light rays on something

   “incident light”
2. 2.

   (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence

   “incidental expenses”

   “the road will bring other incidental advantages”

   “extra duties incidental to the job”

   “labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion”

   “confusion incidental to a quick change”

   Synonymsincidental

   Similaromissibleparentheticperipheralsecondary

Other forms of incident

plural

incidents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about incident

What does incident mean?

incident means "a single distinct event". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in incident?

incident has 3 syllables: in-ci-dent. The stress falls on "in". In IPA it is /ˈɪnsədənt/.

What is another word for incident?

Close synonyms include incidental. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is incident a common word?

incident is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with incident?

1 word rhymes with incident. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.