luckiest

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

Example Sentences

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There is a small chance that whoever placed these bets was just the luckiest person in the world.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

“Palantir and Nvidia are the two luckiest companies on the planet,” he told Lewis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Bluebird Liquor has a reputation as the luckiest lotto shop in all of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

In defiance to an illness that is uniformly fatal, Gehrig paid homage to his teammates, professional members of the MLB and its fans by proclaiming himself “the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2025

Three thousand of the luckiest took refuge under the cover of the massive permanent grandstand, right in front of the finish line.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown