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providential

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of providential

coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly
  • winning the lottery could not have come at a more providential time for the recently laid-off worker
Synonyms of providential

fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, fortunate, happy, heaven-sent, lucky
Words Related to providential

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, profitable
Near Antonyms of providential

inconvenient, inopportune, unseasonable, untimely

anticipated, expected, foreseen

deliberate, intentional, planned

inauspicious, unpromising

calamitous, catastrophic, disastrous
Antonyms of providential

hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky

Synonym Discussion of providential

lucky, fortunate, happy, providential mean meeting with unforeseen success. lucky stresses the agency of chance in bringing about a favorable result.
    • won because of a lucky bounce
fortunate suggests being rewarded beyond one's deserts.
    • fortunate in my investments
happy combines the implications of lucky and fortunate with stress on being blessed.
    • a series of happy accidents
providential more definitely implies the help or intervention of a higher power.
    • a providential change in the weather

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