Synonyms for fortune
ˈfɔr tʃənfor·tune

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1. fortunenoun

   Antonyms:
   misfortune

2. fortunenoun

   To happen, take place.

   Antonyms:
   misfortune

3. fortunenoun

   Antonyms:
   misfortune

4. fortunenoun

   Antonyms:
   misfortune

5. fortunenoun

   Antonyms:
   misfortune

6. fortunenoun

   Antonyms:
   misfortune

7. fortunenoun

   Antonyms:
   misfortune

8. fortunenoun

   That car must be worth a fortune! How could you afford it?

   Antonyms:
   misfortune

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 3 votes

1. 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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1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   circumstances, luck, jeopardy, chance, lot, risk, destiny, prospect, hazard, peril, portion, fate, opportunity, probability, endangerment

2. fortunenoun

   a large amount of wealth or prosperity

   Synonyms:
   circumstances, luck, chance, lot, destiny, hazard, portion, fate

3. luck, 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"

   Synonyms:
   circumstances, luck, chance, lot, destiny, hazard, portion, fate

4. fortune, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Condition
   • Phenomenon
   • Treasure

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fortunenoun

   Synonyms:
   chance, accident, luck, hap, fortuity

2. fortunenoun

   Synonyms:
   livelihood, means of living

3. fortunenoun

   Synonyms:
   estate, substance, property, possessions

4. fortunenoun

   Synonyms:
   wealth, riches, opulence

5. fortunenoun

   Synonyms:
   destiny, fate, destination, doom, lot, star, future condition

6. fortunenoun

   Synonyms:
   event, issue, result

7. fortunenoun

   Synonyms:
   success, favorable issue

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "fortune":

   fortuna, wealth, luck, fate

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1. Sophocles:

   Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.

2. Orlene Peterson:

   I had bought some tickets already, then had $ 20 left over, so I thought what the heck, I'll get a Grand Fortune ticket.

3. Pindar:

   Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?

4. Yeonmi Park:

   I expected that I was paying this fortune, all this time and energy, to learn how to think. But they are forcing you to think the way they want you to think, i realized, wow, this is insane. I thought America was different but I saw so many similarities to what I saw in North Korea that I started worrying.

5. Randolph Bourne:

   We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear. Although we can never rivet our fortune so tight as to make it impregnible, we may by our excessive prudence squeeze out of the life that we are guarding so anxiously all the adventurous quality that makes it worth living.