📖 Definitions of "Fortunate"
adjective
- 1
Auspicious.
"It is a fortunate sign if the sun shines on a newly wedded couple."
- 2
Happening by good luck or favorable chance.
"Patrick was the unlikely match-winner as Berkeley earned a fortunate victory over Chisolm."
- 3
Favored by fortune.
"This is a time when we think of those less fortunate than ourselves."
🔄 Synonyms of "Fortunate"
16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| auspicious | Of good omen; indicating future success. |
| goodnoun | Of a person or an animal: |
| felicitous | Appropriate, apt, fitting. |
| fortuitous | Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate. |
| happyverb | Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous. |
| blessednoun | Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing. |
| hopefulnoun | feeling hope |
| goldennoun | Made of, or relating to, gold. |
| providential | Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence. |
| miraculous | Very surprising; amazing. |
| blestverb | Archaic spelling of blessed. |
| rosynoun | (figuratively) Optimistic. |
| luckynoun | (of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune. |
| favored | US standard spelling of favoured. [Treated or regarded with partiality.] |
| well-off | Alternative spelling of well off. [Of a person: in fortunate circumstances, especially having financial security; comfortably off.] |
| heaven-sent | Fortunate, appropriate, opportune or providential, as (or as if) ordained by God. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Fortunate"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| unfortunatenoun | Marked or accompanied by or resulting in misfortune. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fortunate"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| auspicious | Of good omen; indicating future success. |
| favored | US standard spelling of favoured. [Treated or regarded with partiality.] |
| lucky | (of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune. |
| hopeful | feeling hope |
| well | In good health. |
| felicitous | Appropriate, apt, fitting. |
| fortuitous | Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate. |
| well-off | Alternative spelling of well off. [Of a person: in fortunate circumstances, especially having financial security; comfortably off.] |
| good | Of a person or an animal: |
| happy | Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous. |
| blest | Archaic spelling of blessed. [Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.] |
| miraculous | Very surprising; amazing. |
| blessed | Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing. |
| providential | Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence. |
| heaven-sent | Fortunate, appropriate, opportune or providential, as (or as if) ordained by God. |
| goldennoun | Made of, or relating to, gold. |
| rosy | (figuratively) Optimistic. |
| better off | — |
| fortunately | It is (or was, etc) fortunate that. |
| thankfully | In a thankful manner; giving thanks. |
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