Definition for Lottery:

• players buy ( or are given) chances and prizes are distributed according to the drawing of lots

Synonyms for Lottery:

• n.

  •
  • hot.
  •
  • craps,
  • draw,
  • fruit machine,
  • dice,
  • die,
  • casino,
  • bingo,
  • double.
  •act (noun)
  • drawing.
  •bet (noun)
  • lot,
  • ante,
  • venture,
  • betting,
  • uncertainty,
  • shot in the dark,
  • pledge,
  • long shot,
  • pot,
  • speculation,
  • plunge,
  • play,
  • parlay,
  • risk,
  • action,
  • stake,
  • wager,
  • odds,
  • shot.
  •chance (noun)
  • destiny,
  • peradventure,
  • even chance,
  • misfortune,
  • future,
  • in the cards,
  • way the cookie crumbles,
  • luck out,
  • occurrence,
  • kismet,
  • doom,
  • adventure,
  • try,
  • advantage,
  • happening,
  • outcome,
  • heads or tails,
  • haphazard,
  • peril,
  • bad luck,
  • turn of the cards,
  • break,
  • tossup,
  • Wheel of fortune,
  • toss-up,
  • lucky break,
  • providence,
  • cast,
  • fall of the cards,
  • stroke of luck,
  • craps game,
  • coincidence,
  • contingency,
  • throw of the dice,
  • good luck,
  • way cookie crumbles,
  • hap,
  • casualty,
  • fluke,
  • jeopardy,
  • destination.
  •draft (noun)
  • induction,
  • assignment,
  • selective service,
  • allotment,
  • letter from uncle sam,
  • Recruiting,
  • registration,
  • levy,
  • selection,
  • roll call,
  • greetings.
  •gamble (noun)
  • fling.
  •game of chance (noun)
  • GINS,
  • penny ante,
  • pinochle,
  • roulette,
  • gin,
  • twenty-one,
  • crazy eights,
  • roulettes,
  • bridge,
  • lotto,
  • canasta,
  • gin rummy,
  • poker.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • beginner's luck,
  • luck,
  • luckily,
  • miraculous,
  • fortunate,
  • providential,
  • pot luck,
  • dumb luck,
  • charmed,
  • fortune,
  • fortuitous,
  • fortunately,
  • lucky.
  •
  • miracle,
  • smile.
  •
  • trot.
  •betting
  • gambling.
  •sweepstakes
  • raffle.

Paraphrases for Lottery:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    lot.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    certificates, Securities.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    raffle, lotto.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    sweepstakes, jackpot, raffle, lotto, ticket.

Lottery Sentence Examples:

• I have forty tickets for this lottery.

• The dolls prepared by these ladies were to be drawn in a lottery for the poor.

Homophones for Lottery:

• littre, Lithia Water, lather, ladder, letter a, lauder, la tour, loader, letter r, low water, lead tree, lidar, leathery, latria, letter i, letter h, letter, lothario, luther, luthier, looter, letter e, laudator, letter y, leader, letter u, letterer, lutra, litterer, loather, latter, litter, letter o, liter, leather, lathery, literary, lead ore, letter w, laudatory, loiterer, later, litre, loiter.

Hypernym for Lottery:

• n.

  • act
    numbers game, sweepstakes, tombola, numbers pool, numbers racket, numbers, lucky dip, raffle.

Hyponym for Lottery:

• n.

  • act
    gambling game, game of chance.
  • event
    chance event, stroke, fortuity, accident.