Meaning of LUCKY
Pronunciation: | | 'lukee
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [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"
- [adj] blessed with good fortune; "considered himself lucky that the tornado missed his house"; "a lucky guess"
- [adj] having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day"
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| Synonyms: | | apotropaic, auspicious, encouraging, favorable, favourable, fortunate, hot, propitious, prosperous, serendipitous |
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| Antonyms: | | luckless, unlucky | |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| 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.
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| 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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