luck

Noun

• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
  • it was my good luck to be there
    
  • they say luck is a lady
    
  • it was as if fortune guided his hand
    

• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
  • bad luck caused his downfall
    
  • we ran into each other by pure chance
    

• your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
  • whatever my fortune may be
    
  • deserved a better fate
    
  • has a happy lot
    
  • the luck of the Irish
    
  • a victim of circumstances
    
  • success that was her portion
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fortune , chance , hazard , destiny , fate , lot , circumstances , portion