HEAVEN-SENT Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

heaven-sent

adjective

ˈhe-vən-ˌsent

Definition of heaven-sent

as in lucky

coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly a heaven-sent offer to be the all-expenses-paid chaperone to some students on a trip to Paris

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Recent Examples of heaven-sent Northern Italy’s seductively beautiful Lakes District – in the shadow of the Alps – seems heaven-sent for communing with nature. — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 18 May 2026 Psychedelics — medically dynamic and relatively easy to procure and process for clinical use — look heaven-sent in their potential to address persistent health disparities like these. — Jerel Ezell, STAT, 1 May 2026 So when my editor asked me to cover the SOUL Wellness Retreat in Los Cabos, the opportunity seemed heaven-sent. — Lisa Greissinger, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025 Fallen Angels' Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara are heaven-sent in this divine and delirious revival of Noël Coward’s sneakily groundbreaking 1925 play, about a pair of high-society housewives who hatch a plot to hook up with their former lover (Mark Consuelos). — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for heaven-sent

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Adjective

No one won the Powerball jackpot or the $2 million Match 5 + Power Play prize, but one lucky person in California won the $1 million Match 5 prize.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Whereas John Wooden or Dean Smith may have figured out how to make it today, Bob Knight would be lucky to keep a job as a gym teacher at a middle school in Homeless, Ohio.

— Mac Engel June 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026

Definition of lucky

Adjective

At the beach, maybe, at a barbecue or whatever place sets fireworks pinwheeling through your holiday-happy mind.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Like many great works of American literature, the book is an unflinching portrait of a seemingly happy family held together by hubris and fear of change.

— Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 1 July 2026

Definition of happy

Adjective

While his vineyard has enough bulk wine business to keep it up and running without Canada, Heuvel, who is also a board member of the California Association of Winegrape Growers, said other vintners will not be as fortunate.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026
Many who invested in those cryptocurrencies — not to mention bitcoin itself, crypto’s largest asset — have not been as fortunate in the past year and a half.

— Rob Wile, NBC news, 2 July 2026

Definition of fortunate

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