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Lucky

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.

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Fortunate 84% connected

Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Fortunate 84% connected

Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Hot 84% connected

of Hight

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Hot 84% connected

of Hight

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Propitious 84% connected

Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Propitious 84% connected

Convenient; auspicious; favorable; kind; as, a propitious season; a propitious breeze.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Fortune 74% connected

The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determinin…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fortune 74% connected

The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident; luck; hap; also, the personified or deified power regarded as determinin…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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See also 2

Fortunate 66% connected

Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fortunate 66% connected

Coming by good luck or favorable chance; bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain; presaging happiness; auspicious; as, a fortunate event; a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Favorable 92% connected

Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Favourable 92% connected

(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Golden 92% connected

Made of gold; consisting of gold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prosperous 92% connected

Tending to prosperity; favoring; favorable; helpful.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Luckless 94% connected

Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Luckless 94% connected

Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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