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Meaning of LUCKY

Pronunciation:  'lukee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision"
  2. [adj]  blessed with good fortune; "considered himself lucky that the tornado missed his house"; "a lucky guess"
  3. [adj]  having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day"
 
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 Synonyms: apotropaic, auspicious, encouraging, favorable, favourable, fortunate, hot, propitious, prosperous, serendipitous
 
 Antonyms: luckless, unlucky
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Luck"y\, a. [Compar. {Luckier}; superl. {Luckiest}.]
1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or
   good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.
   `` Lucky wight.'' --Spenser.
2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or
   unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a
   lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.
         We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. --Shak.
Syn: Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: advantageous, appropriate, auspicious, befitting, beneficial, benign, benignant, blessed, blessed with luck, bright, charmed, convenient, expedient, fair, favorable, favored, favoring, felicitous, fit, fitting, fortuitous, fortunate, full of promise, golden, good, happy, in luck, meet, of good omen, of happy portent, of promise, opportune, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, ripe, seasonable, sortable, suitable, timely, well, well-timed
 

 

 

 

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