Meanings
- idiomaticBy good fortune; fortunately or luckily.
I didn't plan to stop there, but as (ill/good) luck would have it, they were open when I went by.
1 more example
I said, “I’ll send the first sane soul I meet to keep you company.” As luck would have it, I never met one, — only kids, and a baker, who wouldn’t leave his cart, or take it with him either.
1897, Richard Marsh, The BeetleSynonyms: as luck may have it
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseBy good fortune; fortunately or luckily.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbby good fortune
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish onneksi, onnenpotkuna
- onneksiTranslations
- onnenpotkunaTranslations
French la chance a voulu que …, le hasard a fait que …
- la chance a voulu que …Translations
- le hasard a fait que …Translations
- par chanceTranslations
Hindi ज़हेनसीब
- ज़हेनसीब (zahensīb)Translations
Polish jak się okazało
- jak się okazałoTranslations
Urdu زَہے نَصِیب
- زَہے نَصِیب (zahe nasīb)Translations
Cite this entry
as luck would have it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20luck%20would%20have%20it
“as luck would have it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20luck%20would%20have%20it. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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