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| Main Entry: | lucky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fortunate, opportune |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, adventitious, auspicious, beneficial, benign, blessed, charmed, favored, felicitous, fortuitous, golden, happy, hopeful, hot*, on a roll*, promising, propitious, prosperous, successful, timely, well, all systems go, coming up roses, everything going, getting a break, hit it big, holding aces, in the groove, into something, on a streak, providential, serendipitous, striking it rich |
| Antonyms: | bad, inopportune, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, unsuccessful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | auspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | encouraging; favorable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, bright, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, golden, halcyon, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, timely, well-timed |
| Notes: | auspicious implies success in the future while propitious means favorable conditions are present; auspicious means promising or of good omen - not just special or memorable |
| Antonyms: | inauspicious, inopportune, ominous, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky |
| Main Entry: | chance |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accidental, unforeseeable |
| Synonyms: | adventitious, casual, contingent, fluky, fortuitous, fortunate, happy, inadvertent, incidental, lucky, odd, offhand, unforeseen, unintentional, unplanned, at random, unlooked for |
| Antonyms: | planned, understood, designed, foreseeable |
| Main Entry: | enviable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desired, blessed |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, desirable, excellent, favored, fortunate, good, lucky, privileged, superior, welcome, covetable |
| Antonyms: | disadvantaged, undesirable, unlucky, undesired, unenviable, unfavored |
| Main Entry: | favored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | popular |
| Synonyms: | blessed, chosen, elite, lucky, pet*, preferred, privileged, recommended, selected, sweetheart, advantaged, best-liked, fair-haired, singled out, well-liked |
| Antonyms: | unpopular, disfavored |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fluky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chance |
| Synonyms: | accidental, casual, chancy, coincidental, contingent, fortuitous, incalculable, incidental, lucky, odd, uncertain, variable |
| Antonyms: | certain, planned, sure, designed |
| Main Entry: | fortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having good luck |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, affluent, auspicious, blessed, bright, charmed, convenient, encouraging, favorable, favored, felicitous, flourishing, fortuitous, golden, happy, healthy, helpful, hopeful, lucky, on a roll*, opportune, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, rosy, sitting pretty, successful, thriving, timely, triumphant, victorious, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do, born with a silver spoon, gaining, get a break, in luck, in the gravy, overcoming, providential, sunny side |
| Antonyms: | adverse, sad, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | promising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeful |
| Synonyms: | able, auspicious, bright, encouraging, favorable, gifted, happy, likely, lucky, propitious, rising, roseate, rosy, talented, up-and-coming, assuring, reassuring |
| Antonyms: | hopeless, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | successful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | favorable, profitable |
| Synonyms: | acknowledged, advantageous, auspicious, blooming, blossoming, champion, efficacious, extraordinary, flourishing, fortuitous, fortunate, fruitful, happy, lucky, lucrative, moneymaking, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, prosperous, rewarding, rolling, strong, thriving, top, triumphant, unbeaten, undefeated, victorious, wealthy, ahead of the game, at the top, at top of ladder, bestselling, booming, crowned, on track, out in front, paying |
| Antonyms: | losing, unfavorable, unprofitable, unsuccessful, forfeiting |
| Main Entry: | triumphant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful |
| Synonyms: | boastful, champion, conquering, dominant, elated, exultant, glorious, happy, jubilant, lucky, proud, rejoicing, unbeaten, undefeated, victorious, winning, celebratory, in the lead, looking good, on top, out front, prizewinning, swaggering, triumphal |
| Antonyms: | defeated, failing, losing, unsuccessful |
| Main Entry: | well-off |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful, wealthy |
| Synonyms: | affluent, comfortable, easy, flourishing, flush, fortunate, loaded, lucky, moneyed, prosperous, rich, snug, substantial, thriving, well, well-to-do |
| Antonyms: | destitute, failing, poor, unsuccessful |
| Main Entry: | propitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of promise; good, favorable |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, auspicious, beneficial, benign, brave, bright, encouraging, fortunate, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, pat*, promising, prosperous, rosy, seasonable, timely, toward, useful, well-timed, dexter, favoring |
| Antonyms: | inauspicious, unfavorable, unpromising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prosperous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | successful, thriving |
| Synonyms: | affluent, blooming, comfortable, easy, flourishing, fortunate, halcyon, lucky, moneyed, opulent, rich, robust, sitting pretty*, snug, substantial, wealthy, well, well-heeled*, well-off, well-to-do, booming, doing well, in clover, in the money, lousy rich, main-line, money to burn, on top of heap, palmy, prospering, roaring, upper-class, uptown |
| Antonyms: | failing, losing, poor, unsuccessful, unprosperous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blessed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | blissful, content, contented, favored, fortunate, glad, granted, joyful, joyous, lucky, endowed |
| Antonyms: | cursed, damned, unhappy, unlucky, condemned, unblessed, unfavored |
| Main Entry: | favorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good, timely, advantageous |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, auspicious, beneficial, benign, bright, cheering, convenient, encouraging, fair, fit, fortunate, gratifying, happy, healthful, helpful, hopeful, kindly, lucky, nice, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, promising, propitious, prosperous, seasonable, suitable, toward, useful, welcome, well-timed, wholesome, worthy, benefic, full of promise, pleasureful, providential, reassuring |
| Antonyms: | bad, derogatory, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, injurious, unfavorable, hindering, hurting, unhelpful |
| Main Entry: | hopeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising, auspicious |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, beneficial, bright, cheerful, cheering, conducive, convenient, encouraging, exciting, expeditious, fair, favorable, fine, fit, flattering, fortunate, golden, good, gracious, halcyon, helpful, inspiring, likely, lucky, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, probable, propitious, reasonable, roseate, rosy*, rousing, stirring, suitable, sunny, timely, uplifting, well-timed, arousing, elating, enlivening, fortifying, heartening, inspiriting, promiseful, providential, reassuring |
| Antonyms: | desperate, hopeless, inauspicious, pointless, wretched, unpromising |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prosperous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising, advantageous |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, auspicious, bright, convenient, desirable, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, good, happy, lucky, opportune, profitable, propitious, seasonable, timely, well-timed |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, hopeless, unpromising, unprosperous |
| Main Entry: | benign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advantageous |
| Synonyms: | auspicious, beneficent, benevolent, bright, charitable, encouraging, favorable, fortunate, good, lucky, merciful, propitious, salutary, dexter, smiling |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, harmful, hurtful |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | opportune |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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Adjectives: |
opportune, auspicious, critical, favorable, fortunate, happy, lucky, propitious, providential, seasonable, soncy, suitable, timeful, timely, well-timed
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