Synonyms for lottery

Most common

drawing · raffle

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.

   Dave plays the lottery almost every week, but always picks different numbers.

Forms

Plural

lotteries → raffles, drawings…

Example sentences

• drawing The children were all drawing pictures of animals.
• raffle It's the first time I won a raffle draw.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

raffle²

7 letters

drawing²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (raffle² = 2 syllables).