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lucky

[luhk-ee] / ˈlʌk i /
ADJECTIVE
fortunate, opportune
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fortuitous happy hot successful
WEAK
advantageous adventitious all systems go auspicious beneficial benign blessed charmed coming up roses everything going favored felicitous getting a break golden hit it big holding aces hopeful in the groove into something on a roll on a streak promising propitious prosperous providential serendipitous striking it rich timely well
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unlucky
WEAK
bad inopportune unfortunate unpropitious unsuccessful

Usage

What are other ways to say lucky? Lucky is a relatively colloquial adjective that is applied to situations that turn out well by chance: lucky at cards; my lucky day. Happy emphasizes a pleasant ending or something that happens at just the right moment: By a happy accident, I received the package on time. Fortunate implies that success is obtained by the operation of favorable circumstances more than by direct effort; it is usually applied to grave or large matters (especially those happening in the ordinary course of things): fortunate in one’s choice of a partner; a fortunate investment.  

Example Sentences

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"Having spent almost my entire career at Apple, I have been lucky to have worked under Steve Jobs and to have had Tim Cook as my mentor," Ternus said in the same statement.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

You could be lucky and get good tenants.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

Not everyone gets as lucky as she is, she pointed out.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

"I'm one of the lucky ones. I know that there are people who've unfortunately passed away from this, so families have been devastated by it."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

It’s what I had thought a dozen times myself, that I was lucky he was championing my work and my learning, that without Luc I could not have succeeded here.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse