Lucky

Adjective

 * 1) Favoured by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune. Said of persons.
 * a lucky adventurer
 * The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.
 * 1) Producing, or resulting in, good chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate.
 * a lucky mistake
 * a lucky cast
 * a lucky hour

Quotations

 * 1989, Howard Ashman, “Under the Sea”, The Little Mermaid, Walt Disney Feature Animation
 * They sad ’cause they in their bowl / But fish in the bowl is lucky / They in for a worser fate

Synonyms

 * (favored by luck): fortunate, successful
 * (producing or resulting in good chance): auspicious, favorable, fortunate

Derived terms

 * get lucky
 * lucky dip
 * lucky you

Adverbs for Lucky
always; Inexplicably; auspiciously; fortunately; inherently; blessedly; shrewdly; deservedly; adroitly; triumphantly; advantageously; inexpressibly; deucedly; remarkably; surprisingly; inscrutably; notoriously; unaccountably; unwarrantably; mysteriously; strangely; oddly; curiously; immensely; cleverly; admirably; wonderfully; miraculously; marvellously; ingeniously; conveniently; boastfully; surpassingly; accidentally; reasonably; assuredly; casually; incidentally; unexpectedly; blessedly.

Thesaurus
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

Pronunciation

 * lŭkʹē, ,

Translations

 * Afrikaans: gelukkig
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  福氣,  福气,  ,  ,  吉祥
 * Croatian: imati sreće
 * Czech:, mít kliku, být
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, onnekas
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ბედნიერი, იღბლიანი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Modern:
 * Classical: μάκαρ (mákar), εὐαίων (euaíōn)
 * Greek:
 * Modern:
 * Classical: μάκαρ (mákar), εὐαίων (euaíōn)


 * Hebrew: בר מזל (bar mazal)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 運のよい,  ラッキー
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: به‌خته‌وه‌ر, خۆشبه‌خت
 * Latin:, ,
 * Latvian: veiksmīgs, veiksmīga
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: sortudo, sortuda
 * Russian: удачливый,  (e.g. тебе везёт you are lucky), ,  везучий,   удачный
 * Serbian: срећaн (srećan)
 * Spanish:, suertudo
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (mee chôhk),  (mee chôhk dee)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Thai: (mee chôhk),  (mee chôhk dee)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Afrikaans: gelukkig
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese: 幸運, 幸运 (xìngyùn)
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 運の良い (うんのよい, un no yoi)


 * Korean: 운수 좋은 (unsu joheun)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: به‌خته‌وه‌ر, خۆشبه‌خت
 * Latin:, ,  prosperus
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: sortudo, sortuda
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: срећан
 * Roman: srećan
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: (ohgàat dee)
 * Vietnamese: ,