lucky

Having good things happen to you by chance.

• You are lucky!
• We were lucky to catch the last bus.
• She felt lucky after finding her lost ring.

How to use it: lucky to do something (We were lucky to find a seat.); lucky that… (It was lucky that nobody was hurt.)

Similar words: fortunate

Opposites: unlucky

Common phrases: feel lucky, lucky person, lucky escape

Believed to make good things happen by chance.

• Seven is my lucky number.
• He wore his lucky shirt to the match.
• Do you carry a lucky charm?

Similar words: fortunate, successful

Opposites: unlucky

Common phrases: lucky charm, lucky number, lucky shirt