lucky

1 having good luck the lucky gambler waltzed out of the casino with $10,000 Synonyms fortunate, happy Related Words blessed (also blest), favored, gifted, privileged; fair, golden, promising; hot Near Antonyms cursed (also curst), disadvantaged Antonyms hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, snakebit (or snakebitten), star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky

2 coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly finding this $20 bill on the way to the candy store was a lucky break Synonyms fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, happy, heaven-sent, fortunate, providentialRelated Words convenient, opportune, seasonable, timely; unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for; accidental, chance, coincidental, serendipitous; auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, heartening, hopeful, promising, propitious; benign, favorable, golden, good, halcyon; advantageous, beneficial, profitableNear Antonyms inconvenient, inopportune, unseasonable, untimely; anticipated, expected, foreseen; deliberate, intentional, planned; inauspicious, unpromising; calamitous, catastrophic, disastrousAntonyms hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky