striking it rich

ADJECTIVE

lucky

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 timely well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unlucky

WEAK

bad inopportune unfortunate unpropitious unsuccessful

Example Sentences

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striking it rich

The Americans striking it rich in the data-center build-out.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

But he perseveres in the hope of striking it rich.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

For many newly minted prospectors, though, hopes of striking it rich faded quickly.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2024

He accused most of them of hopping on a “bandwagon” of complaints in the hope of striking it rich.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Dave Weatherbee was counting on striking it rich in Alaska when he drew the plans.

From The Rim of the Desert by Ada Woodruff Anderson

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