heaven-sent

adjective

heav·​en-sent ˈhe-vən-ˌsent 

: providential

Synonyms of heaven-sent

• lucky
• happy
• fortunate

Examples of heaven-sent in a Sentence

a heaven-sent offer to be the all-expenses-paid chaperone to some students on a trip to Paris

Recent Examples on the Web

Northern Italy’s seductively beautiful Lakes District – in the shadow of the Alps – seems heaven-sent for communing with nature. — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2026

Fallen Angels' Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara are heaven-sent in this divine and delirious revival of Noël Coward’s sneakily groundbreaking 1925 play, about a pair of high-society housewives who hatch a plot to hook up with their former lover (Mark Consuelos). — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 May 2026

Psychedelics — medically dynamic and relatively easy to procure and process for clinical use — look heaven-sent in their potential to address persistent health disparities like these. — Jerel Ezell, STAT, 1 May 2026

We all heaven-sent / Epstein too. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined above