bad luck

Questions about bad luck

What does bad luck mean?

bad luck means "an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bad luck?

Close synonyms include misfortune, tough luck, ill luck, mischance, mishap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of bad luck?

The recorded antonyms are good luck.

Is bad luck a common word?

bad luck is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.