What are some opposite words for fortune?
Antonyms for fortune
ˈfɔr tʃənfor·tune
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term fortune.
Wiktionary
fortunenoun
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misfortunefortunenoun
To happen, take place.
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misfortunefortunenoun
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misfortunefortunenoun
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misfortunefortunenoun
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misfortunefortunenoun
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misfortunefortunenoun
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misfortunefortunenoun
That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?
Antonyms:
misfortune
English Synonyms and Antonyms
fortune
Etymologically, the incident is that which falls in, the event that which comes out; event is thus greater and more signal than incident; we speak of trifling incidents, great events; incidents of daily life, events of history. Circumstance agrees with incident in denoting a matter of relatively slight importance, but implies a more direct connection with the principal matter; "circumstantial evidence" is evidence from seemingly minor matters directly connected with a case; "incidental evidence" would be some evidence that happened unexpectedly to touch it. An occurrence is, etymologically, that which we run against, without thought of its origin, connection or tendency. An episode is connected with the main course of events, like an incident or circumstance, but is of more independent interest and importance. Outcome is the Saxon, and event the Latin for expressing the same original idea. Consequence or result would express more of logical connection, and be more comprehensive. The end may be simple cessation; the event is what has been accomplished; the event of a war is victory or defeat; the end of the war is reached when a treaty of peace is signed. Since the future is contingent, event comes to have the meaning of a contingency; as, in the event of his death, the policy will at once fall due. Compare CIRCUMSTANCE; CONSEQUENCE; END.
Synonyms:
case, chance, circumstance, consequence, contingency, end, end, episode, event, fact, incident, issue, occurrence, outcome, possibility, result, sequel
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Princeton's WordNet
luck, fortune, chance, hazardnoun
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
"bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
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circumstances, luck, jeopardy, chance, lot, risk, destiny, prospect, hazard, peril, portion, fate, opportunity, probability, endangermentfortunenoun
a large amount of wealth or prosperity
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circumstances, luck, chance, lot, destiny, hazard, portion, fateluck, fortunenoun
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
"it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"
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circumstances, luck, chance, lot, destiny, hazard, portion, fatefortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portionnoun
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
"whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
Synonyms:
tidy sum, fate, peck, mint, band, plenty, lot, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, portion, parcel, dowry, spate, muckle, mass, constituent, pile, share, good deal, stack, chance, luck, destiny, deal, serving, dowery, dower, percentage, caboodle, hazard, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, component, slew, heap, mess, part, bunch, sight, circumstances, mountain, draw, helping, component part, set, great deal, pot, circle
How to use fortune in a sentence?
Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead.
Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, February 23, 1775:
The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family to a more unprosperous station; and many who are now in obscurity, may look back upon the affluence and exalted rank of their ancestors.
If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skulls, then why do we read it Good God, we also would be happy if we had no books and such books that make us happy we could, if need be, write ourselves. What we must have are those books that come on us like ill fortune, like the death of one we love better than ourselves, like suicide. A book must be an ice axe to break the sea frozen inside us.
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