| 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: | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |