FLUKY Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

fluky

adjective

ˈflü-kē

variants also flukey

as in lucky

coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly a fluky coincidence that kept me safely at home when the blizzard hit

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as in accidental

happening by chance the fluky selection of consecutive numbers on consecutive days of the lottery

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Recent Examples of fluky McDavid’s only goal was a somewhat fluky power-play tally that glanced off defenseman Pavel Mintyukov’s stick. —

Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026 Danny Cepero was first to do it, in 2008 for the New York Red Bulls, with a fluky 81-yard free kick taking a favorable bounce on the Giants Stadium turf over his Columbus Crew counterpart, Andy Gruenebaum. —

Avi Creditor, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026 And there was nothing fluky about it. —

Troy Renck, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026 The wind was a fluky northwesterly, gusty at the starting gun, such that a couple of blades levitated briefly, as if launching into flight. —

Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fluky

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The typically nine-person panel of global filmmakers, actors, and artists is tasked with reviewing around 20 films before deciding the competition’s winners and awarding the prestigious Palme d’Or to one lucky film.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
Starmer is lucky in that there are three plausible alternatives to him as leader, and all of them are, in different ways, stymied.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 8 May 2026