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| Main Entry: |
stroke of luck
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of good luck |
| Synonyms: | blessing, fate, fluke, good break, good fortune, lucky break, lucky strike, one in a million, run 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: | coincidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accidental happening |
| Synonyms: | accident, chance, eventuality, fate, fluke, fortuity, happening, happy accident, incident, luck, stroke of luck |
| Antonyms: | design, plan, scheme |
| 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: | godsend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift, benefit |
| Synonyms: | advantage, benediction, blessing, boon, good, manna, stroke of luck, windfall |
| Antonyms: | bad fortune, bad luck, blow, bombshell, setback |
| Main Entry: | hazard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luck, chance |
| Synonyms: | accident, adventure, coincidence, dynamite, fling*, fluke, go*, hundred-to-one, long shot, lucky break, lucky hit, misfortune, mishap, possibility, risk, risky business, stroke of luck, toss-up, venture, wager, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles |
| Antonyms: | assurance, certainty, determination, fact, proof, reality, surety |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | windfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jackpot, profit |
| Synonyms: | bonanza, bonus, find, fortune, gift from the gods, godsend, gravy, lucky find, money from heaven, pennies from heaven, stroke of luck |
| Main Entry: | lucky break |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stroke of good fortune |
| Synonyms: | blessing, bonanza, break, fluke, good break, jackpot, luck of the Irish, luck of the draw, lucky strike, mere luck, stroke of luck |
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