Synonyms of fluky

fluky

adjective

ˈflü-kē 

variants also flukey

1

as in lucky

coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly

a fluky coincidence that kept me safely at home when the blizzard hit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lucky
• happy
• fortunate
• coincidental
• fortuitous
• favorable
• providential
• convenient
• unexpected
• heaven-sent
• unforeseen
• accidental
• benign
• promising
• opportune
• timely
• bright
• chance
• seasonable
• good
• hopeful
• serendipitous
• beneficial
• auspicious
• propitious
• unlooked-for
• encouraging
• profitable
• advantageous
• golden
• heartening
• fair
• halcyon

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unfortunate
• unlucky
• unhappy
• luckless
• hapless
• untimely
• inconvenient
• inopportune
• unseasonable
• intentional
• anticipated
• deliberate
• foreseen
• expected
• ill-starred
• ill-fated
• disastrous
• star-crossed
• catastrophic
• planned
• inauspicious
• unpromising
• calamitous

2

as in accidental

happening by chance

the fluky selection of consecutive numbers on consecutive days of the lottery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accidental
• unexpected
• chance
• fortuitous
• inadvertent
• incidental
• unintentional
• unplanned
• unintended
• odd
• casual
• arbitrary
• random
• unwitting
• unpremeditated
• coincidental
• unforeseen
• haphazard
• unforeseeable
• uncertain
• aimless
• freak
• desultory
• unconscious
• involuntary
• forced
• unprompted
• coerced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• intentional
• deliberate
• premeditated
• predictable
• calculated
• inevitable
• intended
• certain
• planned
• foreseeable
• sure
• fixed
• destined
• set
• foreseen
• predetermined
• expected
• prepense
• premeditative
• prescribed
• preordained
• willful
• conscious
• predestined
• voluntary
• unforced
• foreordained
• knowing
• volunteer
• freewill

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fluky

Fears of a Democratic shutout in June’s top-two primary and a fluky Republican being elected — which were always overwrought — have faded dramatically. — Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026

Most notably, Miami’s unlikely run to the 2023 Finals featured some of the flukiest hot shooting in recent NBA history. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 6 May 2026

Philadelphia responded behind Bump and Sanheim, but Letang's fluky score late in the second was the difference. — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026

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