The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

among beasts.
--v. 4 defend, protect, guard; support, back, stand up for,
fight for, maintain, sustain, uphold; espouse, forward, promote,
advocate: He has always championed the cause of the underdog.
chance n. 1 fortune, luck, fate: We met, as chance would have it, at
the supermarket. Life is but a game of chance for those who
cannot control their destiny. 2 opportunity, time, turn;
occasion: You have had your chance to return the money, now it
is too late. 3 Also, chances. likelihood, probability,
prospect, odds, certainty, predictability; conceivability,
possibility: Chances are that he'll be late. The chance of
winning the lottery is pretty remote. 4 Also, chances. risk,
speculation, gamble: You are taking a chance going out there
without a weapon. I'll take my chances. 5 by chance. a
accidentally, unintentionally, inadvertently: By chance the
witness saw him talking to the suspect. b perhaps, maybe,
possibly, conceivably: Have you by chance a match?
--adj. 6 casual, incidental, accidental, unintentional,
inadvertent; unplanned, unpremeditated, unexpected, unforeseen;
unlooked-for: The affair began with a chance meeting at a pub.
--v. 7 happen; occur, come to pass, take place, come about;
befall, betide: We chanced to see him jogging in the park. It
chanced that a passer-by called the police. 8 risk, hazard;
imperil, endanger, jeopardize, stake, bet, wager: Few would
chance severe penalties or jail by lying on a tax return. Don't
chance everything you've worked for!
change n. 1 substitution, replacement, exchange, interchange, switch:
You have five minutes for a change of costume. This sunny
weather is certainly a change for the better. 2 variation,
difference, switch, variety, novelty: We prefer to live where
there is a change of the seasons, not in the tropics. 3
variation, alteration, change-over, mutation, shift, modulation,
modification, transformation, metamorphosis, revolution: I
can't believe the change that has come over Betty since the
divorce. 4 coin(s), coppers, silver; (hard) cash: I need some
change for the coffee machine.
--v. 5 exchange, interchange, switch, trade; replace (with),