luck
Fate's unpredictable favor
Luck is the force that causes good or bad things to happen by chance rather than through effort or planning.
Good luck brings favorable outcomes: With any luck, we'll finish early.
Bad luck brings misfortune.
To luck out is to succeed through chance; to luck into something is to obtain it fortunately.
Lucky describes people or things favored by luck, or items believed to attract it: a lucky charm.
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
lot · stars · fortune · predetermined · fatalism · written · ordained · inevitability
Quantified chance of occurrence
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
coincidence · fluke · accident · risk · possibility · contingency · happenstance · fortuity
Facility for wagering
- bettingStaking money on outcomes
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- stakesPosts or wagers
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
jackpot · roulette · poker · slot-machine · lottery · scratch-off · craps · high-roller
Good fortune, success
- successFavorable outcome attained
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- boonHelpful benefit received
bounty · favor · serendipity · godsend · jackpot · bonanza · fortunate · auspicious
Curved metal hoof protector
- amuletWorn protective token
- talismanMagical protective charm
- charmAttractive personal quality
- evil-eyeCurse-inflicting look
wishbone · seven · thirteen · ladybug · dreamcatcher · hamsa · maneki-neko
Act of finding something
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- providenceDivine protective care
karma · lot · stars · fortune · predetermined · fatalism · written · ordained · inevitability · cosmic
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- likelihoodChance something will occur
uncertainty · coincidence · fluke · accident · risk · possibility · contingency · happenstance · fortuity · random
casino
Facility for wagering
odds · jackpot · roulette · poker · slot-machine · lottery · scratch-off · craps · high-roller · payout
prosperity
Good fortune, success
- successFavorable outcome attained
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
boon · bounty · favor · serendipity · godsend · jackpot · bonanza · fortunate · auspicious · felicity
horseshoe
Curved metal hoof protector
evil-eye · wishbone · seven · thirteen · ladybug · dreamcatcher · hamsa · maneki-neko
discovery
Act of finding something
- accidentUnintended harmful event
- coincidenceUnplanned matching of events
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
curse
Invoked harm through words
adversity · setback · calamity · streak · ill-omened · star-crossed · hoodoo · crossed
- game playrules, scoring, turns, winning, losing
- things people wantmoney, love, happiness, success, health
- things that run outtime, money, gas, fuel, battery
- game mechanicslevels, rules, cooldown, points, health points
- probabilityprobability, chance, random, randomness, odds
- chancechance, lottery, dice, randomness, probability
luckmisfortune
Adverse circumstance or event
bad luck · unluckiness · mischance · ill luck · misadventure
- good luckFavorable chance or fortune
- out of luckHaving no fortune
- tough luckDismissive acknowledgment of misfortune
- best of luckEncouraging sendoff phrase
- lucky charmObject thought to bring fortune
- get luckyExperience unexpected fortune
lucky, unlucky, luckily, luckless, potluck, luckier, luckiest, lucks, lucked