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Synonyms for fortunate
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Wiktionary5.0 / 2 votes

  1. fortunateadjective

    Synonyms:
    lucky

    Antonyms:
    unlucky, unfortunate

  2. fortunateadjective

    Coming by good luck or favorable chance.

    Synonyms:
    lucky

    Antonyms:
    unlucky, unfortunate

  3. fortunateadjective

    Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.

    Synonyms:
    lucky

    Antonyms:
    unfortunate, unlucky

  4. fortunateadjective

    Presaging happiness.

    Synonyms:
    lucky

    Antonyms:
    unlucky, unfortunate

  5. fortunateadjective

    Auspicious.

    Synonyms:
    lucky

    Antonyms:
    unfortunate, unlucky

  6. fortunateadjective

    Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.

    Synonyms:
    lucky

    Antonyms:
    unlucky, unfortunate

  7. fortunateadjective

    Lucky, favored by fortune.

    Synonyms:
    lucky

    Antonyms:
    unlucky, unfortunate

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fortunate

    A man is successful in any case if he achieves or gains what he seeks; he is known as a successful man if he has achieved or gained worthy objects of endeavor; he is fortunate or lucky if advantages have come to him without or beyond his direct planning or achieving. Lucky is the more common and colloquial, fortunate the more elegant word; fortunate is more naturally applied to the graver matters, as we speak of the fortunate, rather than the lucky, issue of a great battle; lucky more strongly emphasizes the element of chance, as when we speak of a lucky hit, a lucky guess, or of one as "born under a lucky star." Favored is used in a religious sense, implying that one is the object of divine favor. Happy, in this connection, signifies possessed of the means of happiness. One is said to be happy or prosperous whether his prosperity be the result of fortune or of achievement; prospered rather denotes the action of a superintending Providence.

    Synonyms:
    favored, happy, lucky, prospered, prosperous, successful

    Antonyms:
    broken, crushed, fallen, ill-starred, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky, woful, wretched

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fortunate

    Synonyms:
    lucky, propitious, happy, felicitous, prosperous, auspicious, providential, successful

    Antonyms:
    unlucky, unfortunate, unhappy, infelicitous

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fortunateadjective

    having unexpected good fortune

    "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice"

    Synonyms:
    golden, rosy

    Antonyms:
    miserable, roofless, ill-fated, ill-starred, fatal, unhappy, pathetic, homeless, cursed, calamitous, unlucky, inauspicious, pitiable, regrettable, hapless, too bad, poor, pitiful, unfortunate, black, doomed, dispossessed, abject, disastrous, wretched, fateful, piteous, infelicitous, curst, ill-omened, downtrodden, misfortunate

  2. fortunate, goldenadjective

    supremely favored

    "golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust"

    Synonyms:
    gilded, rosy, lucky, prosperous, aureate, golden, gold, gilt, halcyon, favourable, favorable

    Antonyms:
    unhappy, ill-fated, unfortunate, curst, too bad, unlucky, roofless, hapless, cursed, misfortunate, piteous, regrettable, infelicitous, wretched, downtrodden, pathetic, abject, poor, pitiable, disastrous, fatal, ill-omened, homeless, inauspicious, black, calamitous, doomed, dispossessed, pitiful, fateful, miserable, ill-starred

  3. fortunate, rosyadjective

    presaging good fortune

    "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"

    Synonyms:
    rose-cheeked, rosy, flushed, rosy-cheeked, golden, blushful, rose-colored

    Antonyms:
    inauspicious, homeless, too bad, regrettable, ill-omened, roofless, miserable, doomed, unfortunate, curst, poor, hapless, black, fateful, infelicitous, fatal, disastrous, dispossessed, wretched, unhappy, pitiful, cursed, misfortunate, piteous, pitiable, abject, ill-fated, calamitous, unlucky, pathetic, downtrodden, ill-starred

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fortunateadjective

    Synonyms:
    LUCKY, successful, prosperous, favored, happy

  2. fortunateadjective

    Synonyms:
    propitious, auspicious, favorable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. fortunateadjective

    Synonyms:
    lucky, favored, auspicious, favorable

    Antonyms:
    unfortunate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "fortunate":

    lucky, happy, privileged, chance, iucky, fortunately, pleased, wealthy

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#740gold
#1280happy
#1885chance
#1897successful
#2338golden
#4797lucky
#5012pleased
#11528favorable
#11598fortunately
#11776privileged
#12950wealthy
#13484fortunate
#17566favored
#19183favourable
#21540prosperous
#24162gilt
#28192flushed
#29199rosy
#34679gilded
#42326halcyon
#47443auspicious
#60663prospered
#98949providential
#105236propitious
#112460felicitous
#216212aureate

How to use fortunate in a sentence?

  1. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan:

    It was a big bang, like an explosion. It was big enough for everyone to hear and go look what happened. There was smoke and when I went over I saw people on the ground, one of the guys was run over, his leg was bent a funny way. we are fortunate that we had a firefighter on detail there.

  2. Stan Kasten:

    Don Newcombes presence and life established him as a role model for major leaguers across the country, he was a constant presence at Dodger Stadium and players always gravitated to him for his endless advice and leadership. The Dodgers meant everything to him and we are all fortunate he was part of our lives.

  3. Cary Lightsey:

    I guess I'm fortunate that every morning I get up, if I'm going to drive cattle or saddle horses, I get to watch the sunrise, i don't hear cars, I don't see cars, I don't see people. I see the wildlife.

  4. Kendall Coyne Schofield:

    We are fortunate to be ambassadors of this beautiful game, and it is our responsibility to make sure the next generation of players have more opportunities than we had, its time to stand together and work to create a viable league that will allow us to enjoy the benefits of our hard work.

  5. Bob Doll:

    Not owning Amazon has obviously hurt us this year, but we've been fortunate to own names that have made up the difference.


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