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fortunate

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fortunate

1 coming or happening by good luck especially unexpectedly

  • in a fortunate turn of events, the motel had one last vacancy
Synonyms of fortunate

fluky (also flukey), fortuitous, happy, heaven-sent, lucky, providential
Words Related to fortunate

convenient, opportune, seasonable, timely

unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for

accidental, chance, coincidental, serendipitous

auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, heartening, hopeful, promising, propitious

benign, favorable, golden, good, halcyon

advantageous, beneficial, profitable
Near Antonyms of fortunate

inconvenient, inopportune, unseasonable, untimely

anticipated, expected, foreseen

deliberate, intentional, planned

inauspicious, unpromising

calamitous, catastrophic, disastrous
Antonyms of fortunate

hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky

2 having good luck

  • rabbits' feet are seen as making the carrier of them fortunate
Synonyms of fortunate

happy, lucky
Words Related to fortunate

blessed (also blest), favored, gifted, privileged

fair, golden, promising

hot
Near Antonyms of fortunate

cursed (also curst), disadvantaged
Antonyms of fortunate

hapless, ill-fated, ill-starred, luckless, snakebit (or snakebitten), star-crossed, unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky

Synonym Discussion of fortunate

lucky, fortunate, happy, providential mean meeting with unforeseen success. lucky stresses the agency of chance in bringing about a favorable result.
    • won because of a lucky bounce
fortunate suggests being rewarded beyond one's deserts.
    • fortunate in my investments
happy combines the implications of lucky and fortunate with stress on being blessed.
    • a series of happy accidents
providential more definitely implies the help or intervention of a higher power.
    • a providential change in the weather

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  1. Dictionary: Definition of fortunate Spanish Central: Translation of fortunate Nglish: Translation of fortunate for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of fortunate for Arabic speakers

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