| 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 |
| Main Entry: | luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
Synonyms: |
accident, break, destiny, fate, fifty-fifty, fortuity, fortune, hap, happenstance, hazard, occasion, occurrence, toss-up, unforeseen event |
| Main Entry: | luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
accidental, adventitious, aimless, aleatory, casual, causeless, contingent, designless, driftless, fortuitous, fortunate, habnab, haply, incidental, indeterminate, indiscriminate, never thought of, not meant, possible, promiscuous, purposeless, random, uncaused, undesigned, undetermined, undirected, unintended, unintentional, unpremeditated, unpurposed, unwitting, without purpose
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| Main Entry: | accident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance event |
Synonyms: |
adventure, circumstance, contingency, fate, fluke, fortuity, fortune, happening, luck, occasion, occurrence, turn |
Antonyms: |
calculation, decision, decree, plan |
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
Synonyms: |
aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, expediency, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leg-up, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, pre-eminence, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand, utility, wealth |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
| Main Entry: | big win |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desirable chance discovery |
Synonyms: |
accidental discovery, chance discovery, good fortune, luck, serendipity |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
bad luck, misfortune |
| Main Entry: | bump into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen upon |
Synonyms: |
chance upon, come across, encounter, hit, light, light upon, luck, meet, meet up with, run across, run into, stumble, tumble |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen |
Synonyms: |
arrive, be one's fate, befall, betide, blunder on, break, bump, come, come about, come off, come to pass, fall out, fall to one's lot, go, hap, hit upon, light, light upon, luck, meet, occur, stumble, stumble on, transpire, tumble, turn up |
| 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 |