| Incident 1. (n.) A specific happening or event. 2. (a.) Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface. 3. (a.) Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining. 4. (a.) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal. 5. (n.) That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence. 6. (n.) That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event. 7. (n.) Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal. Thesaurus Entries action, adventure, affair, anagnorisis, angle, architectonics, architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, catastrophe, characterization, circumstance, color, commotion, complication, condition, conjuncture, contingency, continuity, contrivance, denouement, design, development, device, disturbance, do, episode, event, eventuality, experience, fable, fact, falling action, fracas, gimmick, hap, happening, happenstance, juncture, line, local color, matter of fact, mood, motif, movement, mythos, occasion, occurrence, particular, peripeteia, phenomenon, plan, plot, proceeding, reality, recognition, rising action, scene, scheme, secondary plot, set-to, skirmish, slant, story, structure, subject, subplot, switch, thematic development, theme, to-do, tone, topic, turn of events, twist, upset |