lucky

¹

[luhk-ee]

adjective

luckier, luckiest 

1. having or marked by good luck; fortunate.

   That was my lucky day.

   Synonyms: blessed
   Antonyms: unfortunate

2. happening fortunately.

   a lucky accident.

3. bringing or foretelling good luck, or supposed to do so.

   a lucky penny.

   Synonyms: favorable, propitious, propitious, auspicious

lucky

²

Or luck·ie

[luhk-ee]

noun

Scot.

plural

luckies 

1. a familiar name applied to an elderly woman, especially a grandmother; granny.

2. a familiar name applied to a woman, as one's wife or a barmaid.

lucky

/ ˈlʌkɪ /

adjective

1. having or bringing good fortune

2. happening by chance, esp as desired

Other Word Forms

• luckiness noun
• luckily adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of lucky¹

First recorded in 1495–1505; luck + -y ¹

Origin of lucky²

First recorded in 1710–20; luck + -y ²

Idioms and Phrases

see born under a lucky star; strike it rich (lucky); thank one's lucky stars.

Example Sentences

Space first-timer Wu told a news conference on Thursday that he felt "incomparably lucky".

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Our friends marched inland, feeling lucky and grateful.

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"We'll just be lucky if they don't get picked up and deported to another country that isn't even their country of origin," Ms Principe said.

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I remember that day vividly—I was lucky enough to be there, at St. Dominic’s Arena in Lewiston, Maine, with my father and brother.

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Brown, who died Sept. 28 of cancer at the age of 87, often said higher education shouldn’t be “just be for the privileged and the lucky.”

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Related Words

• fortuitous 
• happy 
• hot 
• successful 

When To Use

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Someone or something that is lucky has or is marked by good luck. How is lucky different from happy or fortunate? Find out on Thesaurus.com.