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luck

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of luck

1 success that is partly the result of chance

some people have all the luck

Synonyms of luck

fortunateness, fortune, luckiness

Words Related to luck

blessing, boon, fluke, godsend, hit, serendipity, strike, windfall

break, chance, opportunity

Near Antonyms of luck

knock, misadventure, mishap

adversity, curse, debacle (also débâcle), 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

Antonyms of luck

mischance, misfortune, unluckiness

2 the uncertain course of events

letʼs plan our vacation rather than leave everything to luck

Synonyms of luck

accident, casualty [archaic], chance, circumstance, hap, hazard

Words Related to luck

fortuitousness, fortuity, haphazardry, randomness, uncertainty

fluke, happenchance, happenstance

destiny, doom, fate, fortune, lot

danger, peril, risk

Near Antonyms of luck

intent, intention, purpose

design, outline, plan, scheme

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