Fortuitous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Happening by accident or chance. See Synonyms at accidental.
  • adj. Usage Problem Happening by a fortunate accident or chance.
  • adj. Usage Problem Lucky or fortunate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Happening by chance; coincidental or accidental.
  • adj. Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate.
  • adj. Happening independently of human will.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Happening by chance; coming or occuring unexpectedly, or without any known cause; chance.
  • adj. Happening independently of human will or means of foresight; resulting from unavoidable physical causes.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Accidental; casual; happening by chance; coming or occurring without any cause, or without any general cause; random.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. occurring by happy chance
  • adj. having no cause or apparent cause
    • Equivalent
    fortunate    unintended   
    Cross Reference
    fortuitous cause   
    Form
    fortuitously    fortuitousness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    incidental    casual    contingent    accidental    chance   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    circuitous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accidental    providential    coincidental    untoward    adventitious   
     
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