Having hit a streak of bad luck, my fortune had gone to pot in no time.
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Streak
/stɹiːk/
Synonyms for "streak" (386 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (78)
actinic rayactinismanimusantelopeaptitudearrowatomic beamatomic raybandbarbeambeam of lightbeltbentbespanglebespecklebespotbezelbiasblaze
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blaze a trailblemishblotchblue darterblue streakbody buildbody-buildboltbrandbreathcanalcanalizecannonballcarvecastchalkchalk upchamferchannelcharactercharacteristiccharacteristicschasecheckcheck offcheckerchinkchiselcicatrizecomplexioncompositionconstituentsconstitutioncorrugatecorrugationcoursercrackcrannycrasiscrazecrimpcross hatchingcross-hatchingcutdadodapple
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (115)
dartdashdaubdefinedelimitdelineationdemarcatedharmadiagonaldiathesisdikediscolordispositionditchdotdotted lineeagleeccentricityelectricityengrave
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engravingethosexpress trainfiberflakeflashfleckfluteflutingflyframefrecklefurrowgamma raygashgazellegeniusgleamgoffergougegraingreased lightninggreyhoundgroovegruelgullyhabithachurehairlinehareharlequinhastenhatchhatchinghinthuehumorhumorshurryhurtleidiosyncrasyilkimpressimprintinciseincisioninclinationindividualisminfrared rayintimationinvisible radiationirisjet planekidneykindlathlayerleamleaninglightlightninglinelineationlistmaculatemakemake a markmakeupmarblemarbleizemarkmark offmark outmental setmercurymere shadowmettlemicrogroovemindmind-setmoldmotleymottlemould
Related words (193)
mouldermouldynaturenicknotchpaperpatchpencilpepperperiodphotonphysiquepleatplowpointpolychromepolychromizepredilectionpredispositionpreference
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prickprintproclivitypropensitypropertypunchpunctuatepuncturequalityquicksilverrabbetraceradiationradioraysrailrainbowrakerayray of lightribbonribbon of lightriddlerifleriflingrocketruckrunrushrutscarscared rabbitscarifyscootscorescotchscratchsealseamsetshadeshadowshaftshavingshootshotskeletonslantslashslatslipslitsmearsolar rayssomatotypesortsoupsoupconspanglespatespeckspecklespeedspellspiritsplintersplotchspotsprinklesprinklingsprintstainstampstigmatizestipplestrainstrakestratumstraystreak of lightningstreakingstreamstream of lightstreamerstretchstriastriatestriationstriaturestrigastriolastripstripestriped snakestripingstrokestudsublineationsuchnesssulcationsulcusswallowsystemtattooteartempertemperamenttendencytenortessellatethoughtthunderboltticktick offtincturetingetonetorrenttouchtracetrenchtroughturnturn of mindtwangtwisttypeultraviolet rayunderlineunderliningunderscoreunderscoringvariegateveinviolet rayvirgulewaferwarpwaywell-worn groovewhealwhistlewhizwindwrinklex rayzipzoom
Noun(21 words)
nude runparade nudepersistprogressracerivuletrun mechanicallyrunningrunssequenceseriessmearsmearingspeedspreesstreakingstripesunbroken runveiningwisps
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Adjective(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
More specific
13 entriesCollocations
10 entriesblood streakcolor streaklosing streakpaint streakstreak across the skystreak of lightstreak of luckstreak teststreak to victorywinning streak
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 11 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- һыҙат noun (continuous series of events)
Bulgarian
2 entries- последователност noun (continuous series of events)
- серия noun (continuous series of events)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 连续记录 noun (continuous series of events)
- 连胜 noun (continuous series of events)
Finnish
3 entries- ketju noun (continuous series of events)
- putki noun (continuous series of events)
- sarja noun (continuous series of events)
Hungarian
2 entries- sorozat noun (continuous series of events)
- széria noun (continuous series of events)
Polish
1 entries- passa noun (continuous series of events)
Portuguese
1 entries- série noun (continuous series of events)
Russian
2 entries- полоса́ noun (continuous series of events)
- череда noun (continuous series of events)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- stìom noun (continuous series of events)
Spanish
4 entries- racha noun (continuous series of events)
- ristra noun (continuous series of events)
- sarta noun (continuous series of events)
- secuencia noun (continuous series of events)
Swedish
1 entries- rad noun (continuous series of events)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
After a streak of bad luck, a persistent gambler will be forced to play for high stakes.
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John can really talk a blue streak about Peru.
Source: tatoeba (52656)
They have lost 10 games in a row since their winning streak ended.
Source: tatoeba (307685)
Showing 4 of 28 available sentences.