| Main Entry: | serendipity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accidental discovery |
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blessing, break*, dumb luck, fluke, good luck, happenstance, happy chance, luck, lucky break, stumbling upon, tripping over |
| Main Entry: | big win |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desirable chance discovery |
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accidental discovery, chance discovery, good fortune, luck, serendipity |
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fate |
Synonyms: |
Moirai, afterlife, break*, breaks, certainty, circumstance, conclusion, condition, constellation, course of events, cup, design, divine decree, doom, expectation, finality, foreordination, fortune, future, happenstance, hereafter, horoscope, inevitability, intent, intention, karma, kismet*, lot, luck, objective, ordinance, portion, predestination, predetermination, prospect, serendipity, the stars, way the ball bounces, way the cookie crumbles, what is written, wheel of fortune, world to come |
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choice, free will, volition |
| 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: | luckiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luck |
Synonyms: |
advantage, big break, blessing, break*, fluke, fortunateness, fortune, godsend, good luck, happiness, health, in the cards, karma*, kismet*, lucky break, occasion, opportunity, profit, prosperity, run of luck, serendipity, smile*, streak of luck, stroke, success, triumph, victory, weal, wealth, win, windfall |
| Main Entry: | destiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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instant, about to be, about to happen, at hand, brewing, close at hand, coming, destined, forthcoming, going to happen, hanging over one's head, imminent, impending, in embryo, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the wind, in the womb of futurity, in the womb of time, looming in the distance, looming in the future, looming in the horizon, near, near at hand, on the cards, overhanging, pregnant, preparing, that is to be, that will be, to come, unborn
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| Main Entry: | luck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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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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| Concept: | Destiny. |
| Category: | 2. COMPLEX CHANGE; Future events |
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-nouns
destiny (necessity); future existence, post existence; hereafter; future state, next world, world to come, after life; futurity; everlasting life, everlasting death; life beyond the grave, world beyond the grave; prospect (expectation).
-verbs
impend; hang over, lie over; threaten, loom, await, come on, approach, stare one in the face; foreordain, preordain; predestine, doom, have in store for.
-adjectives
impending; destined; about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; in the wind, in the cards, on the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect (expected); looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; in the womb of time, futurity; pregnant (producing).
-adverbs
in time, in the long run; all in good time; eventually; whatever may happen (certainly); as chance would have it; che sara sara ["Whatever will be will be" (Italian)].
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