happy-go-lucky

[ hap-ee-goh-luhk-ee ]

adjective

1. trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned.

   Synonyms: insouciant, lighthearted, blithe, heedless, carefree

happy-go-lucky

adjective

1. carefree or easy-going

Word History and Origins

Origin of happy-go-lucky¹

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

And despite having had 17 children, 33 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren between them since that first drink 56 years ago, the togetherness of this evergreen and happy-go-lucky group hasn't either.

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"As a child, she was a happy-go-lucky little girl. She loved to do things especially if it was something she could win at. She'd try anything."

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"He was tweeting neoliberal, happy-go-lucky things, and pride flags and so on, until around 2018, and the change happened pretty drastically after that," he said.

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"Hersh is a happy-go-lucky, laid-back soccer fan. He's wild about music festivals and he has been obsessed with geography and travel since he's been a little boy. "

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One witness said she was "intelligent, bright, ambitious and happy-go-lucky" before she moved to the UK.

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Related Words

• carefree
• cheerful
• easygoing