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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. Herodotus:

    The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.

  2. Brann Dailor:

    Our band has outlast multiple marriages... We found one another. I felt this very unique chemistry that had potential to be a cool band and we all shared that same idea…There have been so many moments sprinkled over time where it’s these incredible moments. We have been fortunate to have all these really cool opportunities… pushing forward to the next new thing and challenge, which is this tour coming up and things like that…that is what we are mainly thinking about not past achievements but future endeavors.

  3. Melanie Newman:

    Honestly, each earmark is just another page, i feel fortunate to be the one handed this chance, it's our responsibility until there are no more firsts and its just an even playing field of all-qualified professionals who happen to look different.

  4. Andreas Athanasiou:

    Any time you can help your team is a good feeling, when you have a defenseman on the rush, that opens things up. I was fortunate to take the shot and it went in.

  5. Amanda Greathouse:

    I do n’t want to take my son out of the preschool they’re in because I really like the teachers he has, but I ’m still scared. Some teachers have even expressed their concerns about the air quality, we are very fortunate that we rent our home. Did n’t think I would ever say that. I feel awful for my landlord, but I just ca n’t risk my family’s health.


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