Nature

Synonyms for luck

Two senses of luck live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · noun · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsNature

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome

They say luck is a lady.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

fortune

Same sentence, swapped: They say fortune is a lady.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for luck as it is used in the sentence above.

issue
rebirth
light

Sense 2 of 2nounTier 1, FoothillsStates and conditions

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

Such was the luck of a farmer in those hard years.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

lot

Same sentence, swapped: Such was the lot of a farmer in those hard years.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for luck as it is used in the sentence above.

hazard
ordinary
roots

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Closest first: other nature words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

ripnounrentan opening made forcibly as by pulling apartFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line rocknoun, verbstonea lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matterFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line tracknouncoursea line or route along which something travels or movesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line universenounworldeverything that exists anywhereFoothillsHas a reason line pulpnounmushany soft or soggy massRidgelineHas a reason line radiantadjectivebeamingradiating or as if radiating lightRidgeline rejuvenationnoungreeningthe phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restoredHigh CampHas a reason line throughadjectivedonehaving finished or arrived at completionFoothills

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