Synonyms of heaven-sent

heaven-sent

adjective

ˈhe-vən-ˌsent 

as in lucky

coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heaven-sent

And peer mentors are heaven-sent. — Raynee Howell, Oklahoma Watch, 9 Feb. 2026

So when my editor asked me to cover the SOUL Wellness Retreat in Los Cabos, the opportunity seemed heaven-sent. — Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025

Long wearing makeup is a heaven-sent during white hot summers, especially when they are formulated with skin loving ingredients. — Bianca Salonga, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025

Offstage trumpets were piped through the crown of the pavilion stage, sounding mysteriously heaven-sent. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025