dumb luck
Pure unearned chance
Dumb luck is good fortune that arrives without skill, effort, or planning—pure chance working in someone's favor.
The dumb suggests something mindless or random, not stupidity: By dumb luck, I found a parking spot right in front.
Often carries a note of self-deprecation or grudging acknowledgment that success wasn't earned.
- stroke of luckFortunate unexpected occurrence
- blind luckUnearned good fortune
- flukeChance stroke of luck
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- serendipityAccidental fortunate discovery
fortuitous · chance · happenstance · twist of fate · windfall · beginner's luck · luck of the draw · kismet · accident · blessing · jackpot · good luck · synchronicity · fortune · improbability · against all odds · randomness · unexpected
- fortuneluck, fortune, fate, destiny, jinxed
- luckgood luck, bad luck, luckily, pure luck, blind luck
- surprisessurprise party, unexpected gift, plot twist, unexpected event, unexpected success
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Acquired ability through practice
hard work · expertise · competence · training · practice
dumb luckintention
Planned purpose for acting
deliberation · design · mastery · self-determination · calculated risk
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