LUCK Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

luck

noun

ˈlək

Definition of luck

as in fortune

success that is partly the result of chance some people have all the luck

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as in chance

the uncertain course of events let's plan our vacation rather than leave everything to luck

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Recent Examples of luck The same isn’t true if the NCAA wins, since athletes elsewhere can still try their luck with judges near them. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026 And yet theme park designer can feel like an elusive dream job, one based on connections, mentoring or even just luck. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Atlanta general manager Dan Padover built the Dream into a title contender through shrewd trades, a little bit of luck and patience from the team's ownership group. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Han called luck one of the most important things in the industry, and closed with advice for aspiring filmmakers. — Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for luck

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Noun

His alleged accomplice, Taylor Jamie Chan, posed as a financial advisor who helped manage Love's fortune, court records allege.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Nature Morte remained consistently successful, despite a dip in Europe’s economic fortune in the 2010s that saw Nagy turn to India, whose art scene was now burgeoning, for a large portion of sales.

— News Desk, Artforum, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of fortune

Noun

Because the phenomenon typically reaches its greatest strength around December, NOAA says there’s a 75% chance that the current El Niño will exceed the strength of previous events dating back to at least 1950.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
The strongest upper-level forcing will remain northwest of DFW, creating a sharp gradient in rain chances.

— Michael Autovino, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of chance

Noun

The circumstances and cultural details may vary, but these unequal power dynamics between families and their domestic workers exist everywhere, to different degrees.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Such experiments have tended to thrive in contexts where landline-telephone use was impossible, for reasons of cost, infrastructure, or circumstance.

— Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of circumstance

Noun

She is accused of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and failing to stop and remain on scene of an accident involving death, the statement said.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Major disruptions in game traffic were not anticipated by authorities because of the wide publicity that the accident had received.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

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