lucky

[luhk-ee] / ˈlʌk i /

ADJECTIVE

fortunate, opportune

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fortuitous happy hot successful

WEAK

advantageous adventitious all systems go auspicious beneficial benign blessed charmed coming up roses everything going favored felicitous getting a break golden hit it big holding aces hopeful in the groove into something on a roll on a streak promising propitious prosperous providential serendipitous striking it rich timely well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unlucky

WEAK

bad inopportune unfortunate unpropitious unsuccessful

Usage

What are other ways to say lucky? Lucky is a relatively colloquial adjective that is applied to situations that turn out well by chance: lucky at cards; my lucky day. Happy emphasizes a pleasant ending or something that happens at just the right moment: By a happy accident, I received the package on time. Fortunate implies that success is obtained by the operation of favorable circumstances more than by direct effort; it is usually applied to grave or large matters (especially those happening in the ordinary course of things): fortunate in one’s choice of a partner; a fortunate investment.

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“We were lucky because we were in a very isolated part of town and there were no real big cars passing by,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s fortunate that your dad doesn’t have to pay for it, but most people are not that lucky.

From MarketWatch

“I’ve just been very lucky to get to work with some incredible artists.”

From Los Angeles Times

Emily still has the physical and mental scars of being so ill but feels lucky to be here.

From BBC

"In terms of dating some of the material, we have been quite lucky," says Kieran Manchip, a project officer with Archaeology Scotland.

From BBC

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