| Main Entry: | big win |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desirable chance discovery |
Synonyms: |
accidental discovery, chance discovery, good fortune, luck, serendipity |
| Main Entry: | blessing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
Synonyms: |
asset, benediction, benefit, boon, bounty, break, favor, gain, gift, godsend, good, good fortune, good luck, help, kindness, lucky break, manna from heaven, miracle, profit, service, stroke of luck, windfall |
Antonyms: |
bad fortune, bad luck, curse, disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | boon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage |
Synonyms: |
benefaction, benefit, benevolence, blessing, break, compliment, donation, favor, gift, godsend, good, good fortune, grant, gratuity, help, largess, present, windfall |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage |
| 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: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, benefit |
Synonyms: |
asset, avail, behalf, benediction, blessing, boon*, commonwealth, favor, gain, godsend, good fortune, interest, nugget, plum, prize, profit, prosperity, service, treasure, use, usefulness, welfare, well-being, windfall |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Antonyms: |
disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | opportunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky chance; favorable circumstances |
Synonyms: |
befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake, fighting chance, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack |
Antonyms: |
bad luck, misfortune |
| Main Entry: | satisfaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving or enjoying a state of comfort, content |
Synonyms: |
achievement, amends, amusement, atonement, bliss, cheerfulness, comfort, compensation, complacency, conciliation, contentedness, contentment, delight, ease, enjoyment, fulfillment, gladness, good fortune, gratification, happiness, indemnification, indulgence, joy, justice, peace of mind, pleasure, pride, propitiation, recompense, redress, refreshment, reimbursement, relief, reparation, repletion, resolution, reward, satiety, serenity, settlement, vindication, well-being |
Antonyms: |
discontent, dissatisfaction, need, unhappiness, want |
| Main Entry: | welfare/well-being |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | health and prosperity |
Synonyms: |
abundance, advantage, benefit, contentment, ease, easy street, euphoria, felicity, good, good fortune, happiness, interest, luck, profit, progress, satisfaction, success, thriving |
| Main Entry: | stroke of luck |
| 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: | welfare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prosperity |
Synonyms: |
abundance, advantage, benefit, contentment, ease, east street, euphoria, felicity, good, good fortune, happiness, health, interest, luck, pogey, profit, progress, satisfaction, success, thriving, well-being |