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good luck
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stroke of luck |
| Synonyms: | Midas touch, fluke, lucky break, lucky strike, streak of luck |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky happening |
| Synonyms: | accident, advantage, chance, favorable circumstances, fortune, good luck, luck, occasion, opening, opportunity, shot, show, stroke of luck, time |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Antonyms: | bad luck, misfortune |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate, luck |
| Synonyms: | accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, even chance, fluke, fortuity, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, hap, haphazard, happening, hazard, heads or tails, hit*, in the cards, kismet, lot, lottery, luck out, lucky break, misfortune, occurrence, odds, outcome, peradventure, peril, providence, risk, stroke of luck, throw of the dice, toss-up, turn of the cards, way the cookie crumbles, wheel of fortune |
| Antonyms: | aim, design, plan, scheme |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fluke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance occurrence |
| Synonyms: | accident, blessing, break, contingency, fortuity, fortunate, fortune, good fortune, good luck, incident, lucky break, odd chance, quirk, stroke of luck, windfall |
| Antonyms: | certainty, design, plan |
| Main Entry: | luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good fortune |
| Synonyms: | advantage, big break, blessing, break*, fluke, fortunateness, godsend, good luck, happiness, health, in the cards, karma*, kismet*, luckiness, lucky break, occasion, opportunity, profit, prosperity, run of luck, serendipity, smile*, streak of luck, stroke, success, triumph, victory, weal, wealth, win, windfall |
| Antonyms: | bad fortune, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opportunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky chance; favorable circumstances |
| Synonyms: | befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake, fighting chance, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack |
| Antonyms: | bad luck, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | serendipity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accidental discovery |
| Synonyms: | blessing, break*, dumb luck, fluke, good luck, happenstance, happy chance, luck, lucky break, stumbling upon, tripping over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | success |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | favorable outcome |
| Synonyms: | Easy Street, accomplishment, achievement, advance, arrival, ascendancy, attainment, bed of roses, benefit, big hit, boom*, clover, consummation, do well, eminence, fame, flying colors, fortune, fruition, gain, good luck*, good times, grand slam, gravy train, happiness, happy days, hit, killing, lap of luxury, laugher, maturation, profit, progress, prosperity, realization, reward, savvy, sensation, snap, strike, successfulness, triumph, victory, walkaway, walkover, win, éclat |
| Antonyms: | failure, loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
| Synonyms: | accident, advantage, adventure, bad luck, break, cast, casualty, coincidence, contingency, destination, destiny, doom, even chance, fluke, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, future, gamble, good luck, haphazard, happenchance, happening, happenstance, haza |
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