What does lucky mean?we found 5 entries for the meaning of lucky
 

Lucky, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
Population (2000): 355
Housing Units (2000): 151
Land area (2000): 8.194867 sq. miles (21.224606 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.011745 sq. miles (0.030420 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.206612 sq. miles (21.255026 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46370
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 32.233692 N, 93.015515 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Lucky, LA Lucky

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

 

Lucky \Luck"y\, a. [Compar. Luckier; superl. Luckiest.]

1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer. " Lucky wight." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour. [1913 Webster]

We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. --Shak.

Syn: Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "lucky": advantageous, appropriate, auspicious, befitting, beneficial, benign, benignant, blessed, blessed with luck, bright, charmed, convenient, expedient, fair, favorable, favored, favoring, felicitous, fit, fitting, fortuitous, fortunate, full of promise, golden, good, happy, in luck, meet, of good omen, of happy portent, of promise, opportune, profitable, promising, propitious, prosperous, providential, ripe, seasonable, sortable, suitable, timely, well, well-timed

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

lucky adj
1: blessed with good fortune; "considered himself lucky that the tornado missed his house"; "a lucky guess"
2: having or bringing good fortune; "my lucky day" [ant: unlucky]
3: tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision" [syn: auspicious, encouraging, favorable, favourable, prosperous] [also: luckiest, luckier]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Lucky \Luck"y\, a. [Compar. Luckier; superl. Luckiest.]

1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer. `` Lucky wight.'' --Spenser.

2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.

We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. --Shak.

Syn: Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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