luckiest

ADJECTIVE

fortunate, opportune

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fortuitous happy hot successful

WEAK

advantageous adventitious all systems go auspicious beneficial benign blessed charmed coming up roses everything going favored felicitous getting a break golden hit it big holding aces hopeful in the groove into something on a roll on a streak promising propitious prosperous providential serendipitous striking it rich timely well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unlucky

WEAK

bad inopportune unfortunate unpropitious unsuccessful

Example Sentences

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"I am without a doubt, officially, the world's luckiest man," he told the paper.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

And the deli guy every Saturday morning would hand me a free slice of American cheese and I was like the luckiest kid in the world.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026

“Palantir and Nvidia are the two luckiest companies on the planet,” he told Lewis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, which killed 241 people on board, has said he feels like the "luckiest man" alive, but is also suffering physically and mentally.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

“We are the luckiest people in the village right now. Could you have said that two days ago? This too may become a blessing.”

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin