luck
luck
nounDefinition of LUCK
1
success that is partly the result of chance <some people have all the luck>
Related Words blessing, boon, fluke, godsend, hit, serendipity, strike, windfall; break, chance, opportunity; coup, stroke
Near Antonyms knock, misadventure, mishap; adversity, curse, debacle (also d{eacute}b{acirc}cle), sorrow, tragedy, trouble; calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster; defeat, failure, fizzle, nonachievement, nonsuccess; accident, casualty; disappointment, lapse, letdown, reversal, reverse, setback, slipup; circumstance, destiny, doom, fate, lot, portion; hex, jinx
2
the uncertain course of events <let's plan our vacation rather than leave everything to luck>
Related Words fortuitousness, fortuity, haphazardry, randomness, uncertainty; fluke, happenchance, happenstance; destiny, doom, fate, fortune, lot; danger, peril, risk
