FORTUITY Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

fortuity

noun

Definition of fortuity

as in uncertainty

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Recent Examples of fortuity Uncovering a Speedster with a little over 13,000 miles on the odometer in an estate sale is automotive fortuity. — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 13 Sep. 2021 Billy was born in 1910 in a Lower East Side tenement and raised as a teenager in Bayside, Queens, in what seemed like an age of infinite fortuity. — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fortuity

Noun

The song’s origins offer a glimpse into the uncertainty surrounding Nicks and Buckingham before their personal lives became intertwined with Fleetwood Mac’s rise to superstardom.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
The era of agentic AI has arrived, but there is uncertainty about what the landscape will look like when virtual storefronts become flooded with AI agents or when a business tries to block them.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of uncertainty

Noun

And that the disparate approaches to roster construction show that what actually matters is a combination of timing, randomness, luck, and talent.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
The draft is titled ‘Collapse of Determinism’ and addresses one of the major problems in quantum physics – randomness of events.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of randomness

Noun

Five, including Amazon, Kohl's and Neiman Marcus, explicitly restrict them, while 37 block shopping agents largely by accident, through older bot rules written for scrapers.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026
The goal of Daimler’s systems is not necessarily to bring the truck to a full stop from any speed, though that can be a best-case scenario in many of these potential accidents.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of accident

Noun

The value of a life insurance policy, like any other insurance coverage, however, is relative to the policyholder, their financial circumstances and their goals.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Why should two families in similar circumstances pay such wildly different taxes when all else is equal?

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of circumstance

Noun

Today, she’s stalled out and blaming her failure on happenstance.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
First, there’s Bertha Manchester (Linda Reiter), who, in a morbid bit of happenstance, was actually killed in a brutal axe murder just days before Lizzie’s trial.

— Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of happenstance

Noun

Ice – one of the most dangerous hazards in aviation – also will be considered.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
According to Hunt Arsenal, the attachment cord connecting the aider to the climbing stick may fray, separate or break during use, creating a serious fall hazard.

— Erik Barber, Outdoor Life, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of hazard

Noun

Jackson’s campaign amounted to a reset for Democrats and a chance to contest Maine without all the political baggage that came with Platner’s candidacy.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
Even if a site included in a Tentative List is not nominated during one evaluatory round, there’s always a chance in the future that it may be added back to the list and considered for a nomination.

— Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026